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and a Tintoretto, representing the Italian sage Davila. It is a 
pity that several of these pictures hung in the shade, and that in 
the usually clouded atmosphere of England, they cannot be pro¬ 
perly seen. In this as well as in the ante-room, were several 
vessels by Majolica, ornamented with handsome paintings copied 
from drawings of Raphael. 
You next proceed to the state bed-room, hung with old tapestry, 
representing French gardens. The richly ornamented bed is said 
to have been fitted up by the order of Queen Ann. It contains a 
bust of the Black Prince in full armour by Wildon, and three 
paintings, a full-size portrait of the Duchess Margaret of Parma, 
by Titian, a family portrait by Sir Peter Lely, and a profile of 
the unhappy Earl of Essex, done by Zucchero, an Italian painter, 
whom political causes had driven from his native land to Eng¬ 
land, where he received protection, patronage, and a friendly re¬ 
ception from Queen Elizabeth. 
Next to this room is the small state dressing-room, from the 
windows of which there is an extensive and fine prospect. It 
contains a precious collection of paintings; one by Paul Veronese; 
a very grand sketch by Rubens, of the four evangelists; two old 
men’s heads by the same master; two landscapes by Salvator 
Rosa; four Vandyk’s, consisting of the second Earl of Bedford; 
tritons and sea-horses; a study; a sketch of St. Sebastian, and a bac¬ 
chanalian scene; two by Gerard Douw, one an excellent portrait 
of a Mrs. Digby, abbess of a convent, and the other an effect of 
light, representing an old woman eating; two by Teniers, scenes 
of witches and the interior of a watch-house, hung with armour; 
three Holbeins, the first a portrait of Luther, the second the un¬ 
fortunate Ann Boleyn, and the third her sister Catharine Boleyn, 
aunt and tutress of Queen Elizabeth, and in the midst of these 
portraits, that of Henry VIII. in his childhood. There are two 
pieces by Steenwyck, one representing St. Peter in prison, and 
the other his liberation therefrom. Portraits of tw T o of Charles 
the second’s mistresses are likewise to be seen here, as also a copy 
of a portrait of Henry IV. of France, by Patoun. 
A small cabinet, called the Compass Window, adjoins the just 
mentioned apartment; it takes its name from a painted window. 
Among the paintings in this room are a battle piece by Schut, a 
sea-storm by Vandervelde, and several invaluable pieces. 
From this cabinet you enter the chapel by a gallery which 
runs in the rear of the before-mentioned room. I remarked in it 
a full-length portrait of Charles I. on horseback, by Vandyk, and 
a half-length portrait of Oliver Cromwell, by R. Walker. The 
chapel is rather small, contains the arms of the Warwick family, 
and over the altar Gothic ornaments, carved in wood. 
On returning to the large hall, you reach the dining-room 
