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ed two paintings by Van Dyk; one represents a lady as large as 
life, belonging to the Brooke family, with her son; the other is 
the portrait of Queen Henrietta Maria, the consort of Charles the 
first. In the same room is to be seen, the extremely handsome 
portrait of Queen Johanna of Naples, by Raphael; also the por¬ 
trait of the Marquis Spinola, armed cap-a-pied, a painting of Ru¬ 
bens; the portrait of count Gondomar, the Spanish ambassador, 
near the court of James I., a production of Don Diego Velasquez 
de Silva; and two very charming landscapes, by Poussin, which 
however, require to be retouched. In the same room there is a 
table inlaid in Florentine mosaic, two vases of lava, several Etrus¬ 
can vases and lances, which are to be seen in almost all the rooms, 
a marble bust of the present Lord Warwick, by Nollekens, and 
a book-case of tortoise shell inlaid with brass. 
Adjoining this chamber is the cedar drawing-room, so called, 
because the walls are wainscoted with cedar wood, which, not¬ 
withstanding its antiquity, sends forth a charming odour. There 
is likewise in this room a handsome fire-place, and a marble table, 
inlaid with lava. Among the paintings are five by Van Dyk, 
viz. the Countess of Carlisle, Charles I., the Duke of Alba, the 
Marquis of Montrose and the landscape painter, Martin Ryck- 
aerds. Beside these there is a Circe of Guido, a very beautiful 
piece, and two paintings of less value, one by Romney, represent¬ 
ing the celebrated E. W. Montague in a Turkish costume, and 
the other by Patoun, representing a muse. 
Adjoining this hall there is a room, which, owing to the heavy 
gildings on its walls, is called the gilt-room. Here are two paint¬ 
ings by Rubens, the one of Lord Arundel, the collector of the 
celebrated antiquities at Oxford, known by the name of the Arun- 
delian marbles, and the other representing St. Ignatius. This 
piece was painted by Rubens, for the Jesuits College at Antwerp, 
and was transported hither from that city. There is also a well 
painted portrait of Prince Rupert, by an unknown artist, another 
of the Prince of Orange, by Holbein; the portrait of a lady, by 
Sir Peter Lely; several of Vandykes productions, one represent¬ 
ing Admiral Russell, and another a Spanish General; by the same 
master hand, the portraits of Charles I., Lord Northumberland, 
Queen Henrietta Maria, two portraits of the celebrated Lord 
Stafford, one of them representing this unfortunate statesman in 
his earlier, and the other in his latter years, the portrait of Lord 
Warwick, a full-size portrait of Prince Rupert, and another of 
the Marquis of Huntley. Those portraits are altogether execu¬ 
ted in a masterly manner. The portrait of a lady, by Sir Peter 
Lely; two small Murillos, one representing a girl with a pen, 
and the other a child, blowing soap-bubbles; moreover, a portrait 
of Lord Lindsay of Charles IsFs time, by Cornelius Janssen, 
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