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whofe Son, Calvert Wright, fold it to John Robinson, of London, Merchant (temp. Ol. Cromwell) Knighted in 1660, by King Charles II. and made Lieutenant of the Tower.

From the Robinfons it defcended to David Earl of Wemys (who married Mary, Daughter and coheir of Sir John Robinfon, Baronet,) from whom it was purchased in the Year 1710, by Simon, firft Lord Harcourt, Lord High Chancellor of England.

The House was built by the late Earl, but has fince been much altered and enlarged (by the addition of a Court of Offices, &c.) according to the Plans of Mr. Brown: it ftands in a Park of fix Miles and an half in circumference, well wooded, and containing near twelve hundred Acres, in which "are Scenes* worthy of the bold pencil of Rubens, or to be subjects for the tranquil funfhines of Claude le Lorrain." The Gardens contain thirty-eight Acres, and (except the Terrace and Flower Garden) were laid out by Mr. Brown. From the Center Window of the Breakfast Room, round the South Side of the Garden, and back again, is half a Mile and fixteen Poles.

From the fame Place along the Terrace, round the Hill, at the termination of it, and back again, is a Mile and a Furlong.

In entering the House you pass through a Vestibule, which is ornamented with Doric Columns, and Cafts of Antique Statues; and afcend by an oval Geometrical Stair-Cafe, to

THE SALON, 30 Feet by 16, and 18 and an half high, hung with blue Damafk, and the following Pictures:

OVER one of the Chimnies, Sufannah and the Elders, by Annibale Caracci. Over the other. Two Beggar Boys, by Murillio: It came from Penfhurft.

See Mr. Walpole's Anecdotes of Painters, octavo Edition, Vome the fecond, Page 145.

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The following eight Heads hang on either Side of them.
William fifth Lord Paget, by Sir Peter Lely.

Lady Ann Finch, fecond Daughter of Sir Thomas Finch, Bart. and firft Earl of Winchelfea, Wife to Sir William Waller, General of the Parliament Army in the Civil War, by Vandyck. A Portrait of one of the Harcourt Family, by Mirevelt; fine. George Simon Viscount Nuneham (now Earl Harcourt) at the age of feventeen, by Sir Joshua Reynolds, capital.

Another Portrait of one of the Harcourt Family, which, as well as the former, was a Present from Harcourt Powell, Efq. Simon Harcourt (afterwards Vifcount and Earl) only Son of the Hon. Simon Harcourt; the Head by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Mrs. Siddons, the celebrated Actress, in the Character of Ifabella in the Fatal Marriage, by Hamilton. Elizabeth, Daughter of King James the First, Electress Palatine, and Queen of Bohemia, by Honthorst; a present from her to Sir Simon Harcourt. Over the center Door, a Nymph with Cupids, reprefenting Evening, by Valerio Caftelli. Over the other two Doors, Aubrey Vere, twentieth and last Earl of Oxford of that House, by Walker. Baron Rhynwick, by Mirevelt; a very good Portrait: the Hands remarkably fine. At one End of the Room, Henrietta Maria, Queen to King Charles the Firft, by Vandyck. Under it, the Nativity, by Pietro da Pietri. At the other End of the Room, Lady Mary Tufton, fifth Daughter of John, | fecond Earl of Thanet, firft Wife to Sir William Walter, Bart. of Sarfden in Oxfordshire, by Sir Peter Lely. Under it, Dead Game, by Fytt, from the Collection of Mr. Bagnols.

THE

ANTE-ROOM,

24 Feet by 15, and 18 and a half high. OVER the Chimney, Sarah, Daughter of Richard Jennings, Efq. of Sandridge in Hertfordshire, Wife to John Churchill first Duke of Marlborough, by Sir Godfrey

Godfrey Kneller; a Present from her to the firft Lord Harcourt. Over one Arch, a view of Part of the Quay and Bay of Naples, by Gafpar Occhiali. Over

the other Arch, a View of Part of Rome and the Tiber, by the fame Hand.

Under them, Two Heads, by Cornelius Fanfen. At one End of the Room, King William, Hunting, with feveral Figures, by Wooton. Under it the two following Pictures, a Herdfman with Cattle, by Peter Vander Leuw; from the Collection of Mr. Bagnols. A Landscape, with Cattle, by Rogman. At the other End, a Ruined Bridge, with Figures, by Grabetje. Under it the two following Pictures, Chrift driving the Money-Changers out of the Temple, on Marble, by Baffan. The Holy Family, by Albano. Over one Door, The Hon, Simon Harcourt, only Son of Simon firft Viscount Harcourt, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Over the other Door, Elizabeth, Daughter of John Evelyn, Efq. of Wooton in Surrey, his Wife, by Dahl.

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32 Feet 4 by 19, and 14 Feet 4 Inches high.

Over the Chimney, Mary, eldest Daughter of William Danby, Efq. of Swinton in Yorkshire, Wife to the Hon. William Harcourt, by Opie, after Sir Joshua Reynolds. A very fine Head of Mr. Prior, by old Dahl. Mr. Pope, a fine Portrait by Sir Godfrey Kneller: a Prefent from the former to the firft Lord Harcourt. George Buffy Villiers, fourth Earl of Jerfey, by Brompton, after Angelica. Mrs. Pritchard, the celebrated Actress, in the character of Hermione in the Winter's Tale, Scene the Laft, by Pine. William Whitehead, Efq. late Poet Laureat, by Wilson. Georgiana, daughter of the Right Honourable Stephen Poyntz, Efq. Wife to John Earl Spencer, by Gogain, after Gainsborough. Richard Grenville, Efq. (afterwards Earl Temple) at the age of nineteen, by

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Rofalba; a Legacy from Anna Chamber, late Countefs Temple. Lady Elizabeth, Daughter of Simon, Earl of Harcourt, Wife to Sir William Lee, Bart. of Hartwell in Buckinghamshire, in Crayons, by Mifs Read. Mary, Daughter of Brigadier General Le Pel, Wife to John Lord Harvey, Baron of Ickworth, eldeft Son of John first Earl of Bristol of that Family, in Crayons painted at Paris; a prefent from the Hon. Horace Walpole. J. J. Rouffeau, by Gogain from Ramfey, fince altered from a Caft taken off his Face after his Death. The Hon. Horace Walpole, youngest Son of Sir Robert Walpole, Knight of the Garter, and Earl of Orford, by Gogain after Ramfay. Mr. Mafon, by Doughty. Elizabeth, eldest Daughter of the Hon. Simon Harcourt, by Zeeman. Henrietta Jane, Daughter of Col. Speed, Wife to the Compte de Viry, by Falconet. Anne, eldest Daughter of Simon firft Viscount Harcourt, Wife to John Barlow, Efq. of Slebeck in Pembrokeshire, by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Over one Door,Witham, Efq. by Cornelius Janfen. Over the other Door, his Wife.

THE EATING-ROOM,

33 Feet by 24, and 18 and a half high.

The Chimney-Piece was defigned by Stuart, over which hangs a very fine Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds of the prefent Earl and Countefs (Elizabeth, fecond Daughter of George Venables Vernon, firft Lord Vernon) in the Coronation Robes, and of the Hon. Wm. Harcourt, youngest Son of the late Earl, in the Uniform of Aid-de-Camp to the King. On one Side of the Chimney, á fine Landscape, with a WaterFall, by Ruyfdaal; the Figures by Wouvermans.--Under it, a Landscape, by Claude le Lorrain. On the other Side, Dogs and dead Game, very fine, by Snyder.---Under it, a Lanfcape, by Ruyfdaal. Over one Door, William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, in

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the Robes of the Order of the Garter, by Opie. Over the other Door, Philip, Duke de Vendome (Grand Prieur in 1710) a very fine Portrait, by Mignard; a prefent from the Hon. Horace Walpole. At one End of the Room, Two Views of the Ruins of Rome, &c. with Figures, Antique Statues, Vafes, and Basreliefs, by Paolo Panini; painted for the late Earl. A large Landscape, by Rofa da Tivoli.

Under them the Four following Pictures:

A Landscape, by Swanvelt. Two Fruit-Pieces, by Michael Angel Campidoglio. A Landscape, with Figures, by Van Goyen. A Landscape, by Gafparo Pouffin. At the other Fnd, The Meeting of Ulyffes and Nauficaa, very capital, by Salvator Rofa; a Prefent to the late Earl, from the Duke de Harcourt, Two other Pieces of Ruins by Panini.

Under them the Three following Pictures:

Noah and his Family preparing to enter the Ark, by Imperiali. A Farm-Yard, with Figures and Cattle, by Murillio; from the Collection of Mr. Bagnols. A Landscape, with a Cottage, by Decker.

THE OCTAGON DRAWING-ROOM, 30 Feet by 24, and 18 and a half high, hung with blue Daniafk, and the following Pictures:

On one side of the Chimney, The Holy Family, a celebrated Picture, by Barocci, known by the Name of la Madonna della Gatta, from the Cat in one Corner. It has been etched by Himself, and was in the Collection of the Earl of Pomfret-Under it, The Madonna and Child, very beautiful, by Guido ; bought out of the Hotel de Hautfort at Paris. On the other Side, The Nativity, by Bronzino. Under it, St. John Preaching in the Wilderness, by Albano; from the Collection of the Earl of Waldegrave. Mars, Venus, and Cupids, by Nicolo Pouffin, very capital; from the Collection

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