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The Green Damask Room, 27 feet by 22, has a chimney-piece of beautiful white marble, and is embellished with two verd antique columns, and other elegant ornaments.

The Yellow Bed-room, 27 feet by 23, hung with rich tapestry representing Venus blindfolded by Cupid; the Silver Bed-room; the Blue-room; and the Breakfast-room-are equally handsome.

The Museum is 24 feet square, and the antique Gallery 160 feet by 20; here are busts of Cato, Marcus Junius Brutus, Caius Cæsar, Geta, Virgil, Homer, Hercules, Sabina, Drusus, Jupiter Serapis, Adrian, Marcus Aurelius, Cupid, and Apollo. In one corner of the Museum is a cylindrical altar four feet and a half high, which once stood in the temple of Delphos. Every room throughout has numerous relics of antiquity to claim notice, and the numberless pictures which adorn the walls, with the extensive and choice collection of vases, it is impossible can be noticed it this limited account. All the pictures over the doors in the state apartments were painted by Sebastian Ricci, amounting in number to twenty-three. We subjoin

A LIST

OF THE

PRINCIPAL PICTURES AT CASTLE HOWARD:

The Finding of Moses.-Velasques. From the
Orleans' Collection.

The Portrait of Snyders, the painter.- Vandyck.
Herodias, with the Head of St. John.-Rubens.
The Circumcision.-Giovanni Bellino.
The Entombing of Christ.-Ludovico Caracci.
Two Landscapes.-Annibal Caracci.
Portraits of the Dukes of Ferrara.-Tintoretto.
Portrait of his own Wife.-G. Bassan.

Landscapes.-Tintoretto.

The son of the Earl of Pembroke.- Vandyck.
Portrait of the Elector Palatine.-Ditto.
The Nativity.-Tintoretto.

Two old copies of the two rival Pictures of Guido

and Domenichino, in the church of San Gregorio
at Rome, highly valuable, as the originals are
in a state of rapid decay.

Mars and Venus.-Julio Romano. From the
Cornaro palace at Venice.

The Wise Men's Adoration.-Mabuse. The
painter is said to have given eight years of un-
remitted labour to this work. In it are por-
traits of the Duke of Brabant, John of Leyden,
Albert Durer, and of himself.

A large Collection of Drawings by Jennet, consisting of portraits of the principal characters composing the courts of Francis II., Charles IX., and Henry III.: Jennet was a contempoC

rary of Holbein, and worked at Paris. From the freedom and spirit of these Drawings they have been attributed to Holbein.

The Family of Henry II., with their mother, Catherine of Medicis.-Jennet.

The Portrait of king Charies I., and his son, Henry, Duke of Gloucester, who died in 1660, at the age of 22.-Stone. It has been erroneously attributed to Vandyck.

A Mastiff Dog, with Cats.-Titian. From the
Cornaro Palace at Venice.

Two Landscapes, small size.-Zuccarelli.
The Interior of a Temple.-P. Panini.

Its Companion.-Ditto.

Two Landscapes, with Sheep and other Cattle.Rosa di Tivoli.

A View of Warren Hill at Newmarket-Wooton. Horses well drawn.

The Family of the Earl of Carlisle.-Wheatley. Painted when he was Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. It has great merit for the fidelity of the portraits.

The Portrait of Cardinal Howard.-Carlo Maratti. Presented to Henry, Earl of Carlisle, by Cardinal Ottoboni.

A Portrait.-Dominico Fetti. The works of this Master are rare.

Penelope and Ulysses.-Primaticcio.

A young Duke of Parma, and his Dwarf. A well painted picture of the Venetian school, purchased in Italy by Henry, Earl of Carlisle, as a work of Corregio.

Venus, with the dead Body of Adonis.-Cavalieri Libori.

A small picture by W. Vanderveldt.

A good specimen of J. Vangoyen.

The Portrait of Omai.-Sir J. Reynolds. Mahomet.-Salvator Rosa. From the Cornaro Palace.

The Portrait of Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, when young, in the Robes of the Order of the Thistle. Sir J. Reynolds.

The Portrait of Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, when a boy, with a Dog-Sir J. Reynolds. Portrait of Thomas, Earl of Arundel, the celebrated collector.-Rubens. This has been engraved by Houbraken.

The Portrait of the Duke of Norfolk at the Trial of Stafford, Duke of Buckingham, with the Staves of Office, as Earl Marshal and Lord High Steward.-Holbein.

The Portrait of Lord William Howard and his

Wife, the daughter and coheiress of Lord Dacre of the north.-Corn. Jansen.

Portrait of Thomas, Duke of Norfolk, beheaded by Queen Elizabeth, 1572.-Fred. de Zucchero.

Portrait of Henry VIII.-Holbein.

The Portrait of Queen Mary.-Sir Antonio More.
The Portrait of Lady Cawdor, when a child.—
Sir J. Reynolds.

The Countess of Carlisle.-Sir J. Reynolds.
The Portrait of Henry, Earl of Carlisle, in the
Robes of the Garter.-Hudson; one of his best
works.

Frederick, Earl of Carlisle, in the Robes of the
Garter.-Hoppner.

An Old Man, half length.-Rembrandt.
A favourite Horse and Groom.-Stubbs.

Two small Pictures.-P. Laura.

Two beautiful Landscapes.-Marlow.

A Sea-piece.-Vanderveldt.

James, Duke of York.-Sir P. Lely.

Joscelyn, Earl of Northumberland.—Sir P. Lely.
Frances, Duchess of Richmond.-Sir P. Lely.
Pope Julius II. writing.-Titian. A picture of
great merit, but doubtful originality.
Diogenes and Alexander.-Solvator Rosa.
A large View of Venice. - Canoletti.
Portrait of Des Cartes.--Mignard.

Herodias with the head of John the Baptist.-
Old Franks

Lucretia, a half length.-Guido.

Architecture and Ruins, three views.-P. Panini.
Eighteen fine Views.--Canaletti.

Two cabinet pictures, Views.-Griffier.
Two Battle-pieces.-Bourgognone.

Portrait of R. Tresham, R.A.-Phillips.
Wappeti Deer. From the banks of the Missouri.
Cooper.

A small Landscape.--Brugel.
Interior of a Shop, with Poultry.

The Earl of Northumberland in his Robes, as
Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, im-
prisoned in the Tower as being implicated in
the Gunpowder Plot. Corn. Jansens. There
is a duplicate of this picture at Petworth.
A drawing made for the engraving of the Altar-
piece at King's College Chapel, by Daniel Vol-
terra. The picture was presented to the College
by Frederick, Earl of Carlisle.

Two Views in Ireland, drawings.
Two Drawings in red chalk, from Pictures by
Raphael and Domenichino.--Angeletti.

Three Portraits, full length, of Earls of Carlisle, in their Coronation Robes.

Elizabeth, Countess of Carlisle.-M. Dahl.
The Three Maries.-Annibal Caracci. From the
Orleans' Collection. If there ever was a picture
that united all the excellencies of painting, this
seems to be that wonderful effort of the art.
While the deep tragedy which it exhibits, and
the various expressions of grief, carried to the
extreme point of agonizing woe, produce an
effect which language cannot describe. It is
considered of inestimable value.

St. John the Evangelist.-Domenichino.
Portrait of Annibal Caracci, by himself.
The Death of the Virgin.-Sarazin.
Portrait of George Selwyn, Esq. with Frederick,
Earl of Carlisle.-Sir J. Reynolds.

Tancred and Ermina, from the 19th Canto of
Tasso.-Guercino. Formerly in the collection
of the Count Lauregias at Paris.
The Battle of the Boyne.-A. V. Gale.

A Rehearsal of an Opera, Nicolini in red at the
harpsichord, Margaritta in black with a muff.-
Sebastian Ricci. A companion to one at
Strawberry Hill.

The present Countess of Carlisle, with two of
Lord Morpeth's children.-Jackson.
The present Viscount Morpeth, and his eldest
son.-Jackson.

The present Viscountess Morpeth, and two of her children.

The present Archbishop of York.-Ditto.

The late Countess Dowager of Carlisle.-Gains borough.

Miss Mary Grimston.-W. Wissing.

Lady Elizabeth Howard, Duchess of Rutland.Hoppner.

Two Dogs snarling.-Velasques.
fine.

A Holy Family.-Pierino del Vago.
A Shepherd's Boy.-Ross.

Extremely

Harewood House, Yorkshire:

THE SEAT OF

EDWARD LASCELLES,

EARL OF HAREWOOD.

"THIS noble Mansion is situated in the West Riding of Yorkshire, about eight miles from Horrowgate Spa, and in the direct road from thence to Leeds; it is very large, extending in front 250 feet; and, for grandeur of style in the composition, and elegance of decorating and finishing, both externally and internally, deservedly ranks with the first buildings in this kingdom. The wings of the north front are enriched with emblematical medallions, executed in a masterly manner, by Collins, from the designs of Zucchi; in the centre is a handsome pediment, supported by six three-quarter Corinthian columns, 30 feet in height, which compose the entrance from a flight of steps to a noble hall, of the Doric order, decorated with statues, urns, &c. whence we are conducted through a range of apartments, furnished in the most magnificent manner. The south front has a noble portico of four columns, from which the eye, passing over an extensive slope, is led to a sheet of water, gently winding in a serpentine course; beyond which the country forms one of the most beautiful scenes imaginable. To the north, over a fertile vale, intersected by the river Wharfe, is seen Alms Cliff: this vast rock, which rises with prodigious grandeur, is visible at forty miles distance."

Near this seat are the remains of Harewood Castle, a place of great antiquity. Also Harewood Church, containing many ancient monuments, among which is that of Lord Chief Justice Gascoigne, in the highest state of preservation.

The Lordship of Harewood anciently belonged to the family of Gascoigne. At Gawthorpe, within the township of Harewood, resided the celebrated Chief Justice Gascoigne, who committed Prince Henry, (afterwards Henry V.) into the King's Bench Prison for striking him while on the Bench at Westminster Hall.-Gawthorpe, with the castle and honours of Harewood and all its dependencies, passed by marriage from the family of Gascoigne, to that of Wentworth, Earl of Stafford, in which family it continued during four generations, until the year 1656, when it was purchased by Sir John Cutler, who, conjointly with his friend and relative by marriage, Sir John Lewis, purchased Ledstone and Harewood. On a partition, Harewood with its dependencies, fell to the share of Cutler who sometimes resided at Gawthorpe. He devised

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