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the collection of Lord Kingsland, at Dublin. A Moonlight on the Water, a perfect Picture of Vander Neer. At the other end of the Room, two other large Landfcapes, by Van Artois, the Figures in one of them by Teniers, from the collection of Mr. Bagnols.

Under them the three following Pictures:

The Holy Family, by le Sueur, very fine. Louis the Fourteenth on Horfeback, attended by his Court; the Prince de Condé on a dark grey Horfe; Monfieur de Turenne on a dun one, immediately behind the King, by Vander Meulen; an Entertainment on the Texel, with English and Dutch Yachts, a capital Vander Velt.

THE STATE BEDCHAMBER,

32 feet 4 by 20 feet 6, and 14 feet 4 inches high, hung with crimson Velvet, and the following Pictures:

Over the Chimney-piece, which was defigned by Stuart, Simon Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor, (afterwards Viscount) only fon of Sir Philip, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Lettice, daughter and co-heiress of Henry Knollis, Efq. wife to William fourth Lord Paget, by Marc Garrard. Anne, daughter of William fourth Lord Paget, wife to Sir Simon Harcourt, married fecondly to Sir Wm. Waller, by Mrs. Beale. Simon, only fon of Simon firft Lord Vifcount Harcourt, painted at Paris, by Le Bel; it belonged to Mr. Prior. The Right Hon. Sir Simon Harcourt, eldeft fon of Robert; he was Governor of Dublin in the year 1642, and was killed at the fiege of Carrick-Main in 1643, by Mirevelt. Simon Earl Harcourt, in the Robes of the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, the Head by Hunter of Dublin, the Drapery and Back-ground by Doughty. Rebecca, daughter and heiress of Charles Le Braís, Efq. of Pipwell Abbey in Northamptonshire, by Mary, daughter and co-heirefs of Sir Samuel Moyer, Bart, wife to Simon Earl Harcourt, in the Coronation Robes, by Knapton. Frances, daughter of Geoffry Vere, fourth

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fon of John Earl of Oxford, wife to Robert Harcourt. Robert Harcourt, eldest son of Sir Walter; he was the principal Adventurer with Sir Walter Raleigh, in his voyage to Guiana, and at his own expenfe built and fitted out three Ships for that Expedition. Over one of

the Doors, Sir Philip Harcourt, eldest fon of Sir Simon, by Gogain, from a Miniature by Mrs. Beale. Over the other Door, Ann his wife, daughter of Sir William Waller, by Lady Ann Finch.-Alfo a Copy from Mrs. Beale, by the fame hand.

THE DRESSING-ROOM.

Over the Chimney, a Turkish Army on its march, by Wyck; View of the Cascade of Terni, by Ori. zonti; a Stag attacked by Dogs, by Oudry. Over one Door, Margaret, daughter of Sir John Byron, and widow of Sir William Atherton, wife to Sir Robert Harcourt, Knight of the Garter, as reprefented on her Tombat Stanton Harcourt, with the Garter and its Motto, above the Elbow of her left Arm. There are but two other fimilar inftances known of Ladies wearing the Infignia of that Order, viz. that of Conftance, daughter of John Holland E. of Huntingdon and D. of Exeter, firft married to Tho. Mowbray, D. of Norfolk, and secondly to Sir John Gray, Knight of the Garter, (temp. Hen. V.) and Earl of Tankerville, on her Tomb, (now defaced) in the Church of St. Katherine, near the Tower; and that of Alice, daughter of Sir Thomas Chaucer, and wife to William de la Pole, Earl of Suffolk, (temp. Hen. VI.) on her Tomb in the Church of Ewelm. Sir Francis Walfingham. Giles Bruges, third Lord Chandos, a prefent from the Hon. Horace Walpole: it came from Wefton (Mr. Sheldon's); the Dress is remarkable. Over the other Door, Sir Robert Harcourt, fon of Thomas and Joan, daughter of Sir Robert Francifs. Nicholas Fuller, a noted Counsellor and Champion of the Puritans; he died in prifon, 1619. Two fmall Sea Pieces; a View of the Temple of Vefa at Tivoli; ditto of the Amphitheatre

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at Rome, by Gafpar Occhiali; a Cupid in Crayons, by Mifs Read; a prefent from her. An old Man's Head, ditto, by Lutterel; a Sea port, by Tempefta of Genoa ; Ruins, with a View of Rome, by ditto; King James I. by Marc Garrard; a Woman on Horfeback, with feveral Figures and Animals, by Watteau; a Battle, by Wyck; Michael, fon of Sir Walter Harcourt: he commanded one of his brother Robert's Ships in Sir W. Raleigh's Expedition. A Nymph and Satyr, after Jordaens; Mr. Addifon: in Crayons; John Sotherton, Baron of the Exchequer; Joliffe, Efq. by Peter Lely; Architecture, with Figures, by Viviani; Dogs attacking a Boar, by Oudry.

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SECOND DRESSING-ROOM.

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Over the Chimney, Mary, daughter of Sir Wm. Waller, William de Harcourt, Knt. fon of Robert and Ifabel, who brought the Manor of Stanton into the Harcourt Family. Simon Harcourt (afterwards Vifcount and Earl), only fon of the Hon. Simon Harcourt, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Maud, daughter of John Lord Grey, of Rotherfield, and widow of John Lord Botetort, wife to Thomas de Harcourt, Knt. fon of Sir William and Johanna, daughter of Richard Ld. Grey, of Codnon. Obt. 17th of Richard II. From her Tomb at Stanton-Harcourt. Rebecca, daughter of Joliffe, Efq. wife to Sir Samuel Moyer. A Sea-port, with Figures-Italian. Robert Harcourt, Knight, fon of Sir John and Ann, daughter of Sir John Norris: he was Standard-bearer to King Henry VII. at the Battle of Bofworth; Knight of the Bath, 1495, and Banneret 1497. From his Tomb at Stanton Harcourt. - Sir Samuel Moyer, Bart. by Riley; good. A Landscape, by Ermels; a prefent from Sir Jn. Blaquiere. Dogs, dead Game, &c. by Snyder; a Landscape-Italian; two Landscapes, by Wooton; that on the left very good. Chrift and St. John, after Rubens, by one of his Scholars. Three fmall Drawings in Oil, School of Rubens. A View in Ireland, by Deane; Penelope,

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after Angelica; a favourite Dog, by Falconet; Mary, daughter of Richard Spencer of Derbyshire, Esq. wife to Wm. Jennings, Efq. of Long Wittenham, Berks. A Head, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Over the Loor, Frederick, fecond fon of Sir Simon Harcourt.

THE FLOWER-GARDEN.

This small spot contains only about an acre and a Quarter; but from the irregularity of its form, the inequality of the ground, and the difpofition of the trees, in appears of confiderable extent: the boundary is concealed by a deep plantation of Shrubs, which unites with the furrounding Foreft Trees that ftand in the Park. The Garden is laid out in patches of Flowers and clumps of Shrubs, of unequal dimenfions, and various fhapes, and a Gravel-Walk leads round it to the different Buildings and Bufts, on which are the following Infcriptions:

At the Entrance, under the Pediment of a Doric Gate, is infcribed the following Sentence from J. J. Rouffeau (in allufion to the Flowers):

"Si l'Auteur de la Nature eft grand dans les grandes "chofes, il est très-grand dans les petites."

Fronting the Gate is a Buft of FLORA on a Therm;
Here fprings the Violet all newe,

And fresh Perwinke riche of hewe;
And Flouris yalowe, white, and rede
Such plenti grew ther ner in mede:
Full gai is all the Grounde, and queint
And poudrid, as Men had it peint,
With many a fresh and fondry Floure
That caftin up ful gode favoure.

CHAUCER. Turning to the right a Buft of COWLEY, with the following Inscription:

When Epicurus to the World had taught,
That Pleasure was the chiefeft good,

His life he to his doctrine brought,

And in a Garden's fhade, that fovereign good he fought.

COWLEY.

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In a more wild and retired part of the Walk (with a high Shrubbery on either fide of it), which leads through detached Trees to the Grotto, are Bufts of Cato of Utica, and of Jean Jacques Rouffeau, with the following Infcription:

CATO.

A ce nom faint, et augufte, tout ami de la vertu
Doit mettre le front dans la pouffiere, et honorer
En filence la memoire du plus grand des hommes.
J. J. ROUSSEAU.

ROUSSEAU.

Say, is thy honeft Heart to Virtue warm!
Can Genius animate thy feeling Breaft!
Approach, behold this venerable Form,
'Tis Rouffeau; let thy Bofom fpeak the rest.
BK. BOOTHBY, Esq.

THE GROTTO

Is composed of rough Stones, intermixed with Spars and Petrifactions, to imitate a natural Cavern, and the Front partially concealed by Ivy and a variety of RockPlants: In one corner of the Grotto on a Piece of white Marble of an irregular form are infcribed thefe Verfes, from the Comus of Milton:

Mufing Meditation most affects

The penfive fecrecy of defert Cell;
And Wifdom's felf

Oft feeks to fweet retired Solitude,
Where with her beft nurfe, Contemplation,
She plumes her Feathers, and lets grow her Wings,
That in the various Buftle of Refort

Were all too ruffled, and fometimes impair'd.

Proceeding through a continuation of the fame Shrubbery (which appears to grow on rocky ground) after having paffed the Buft of Locke, you look over the widest part of the Garden, and fee the Dome

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