of Jupiter and Leda. The pictures, Anne duchess of York, the princess Mary, and Mary duchess of York, LELY; a Man's Head, RAPHAEL; St. Catharine, GUIDO; a Woman's Head, PARMEGIANO; two Landscapes, BREUGHEL; a Landscape, TENIERS; Thomas third duke of Norfolk, HOLBEIN; Holy Family, VANUDEN; Luther, HOLBEIN; Erasmus, PENS; queen Henrietta, VANDYCK; the Creation, BRUECHEL.

THE KING'S DRESSING ROOM. On the cieling the story of Jupiter and Danae. The pictures, prince George of Denmark, KNELLER; a Magdalen, DOLCI; two Views of Windsor Castle, VORSTERMAN; a Man's Head, DA VINCI; a Landscape, WOUVERMANS; Nero depositing the ashes of Britannicus, LE SUER; Countess of Desmond, who lived one hundred and fifty years, wanting a few days, REMBRANT; a Farrier's Shop, WoUVERMANS; a Youth's Head, HOLBEIN; Charles II. RUSSEL; Herodias's Daughter, DOLCI; an old Man's Head, HOLBEIN; James duke of York, RusSEL; queen of Charles II. LELY.

THE KING'S BEDCHAMBER is hung with tapestry, representing the story of Hero and Leander: the state bed rich flowered velvet, made in Spitalfields, by order of queen Anne; on the cieling Charles II. represented in the robes of the Garter, under a canopy supported by Time, Jupiter, and Neptune, with a wreath of laurel over his head; and attended by Europe, Asia, Africa, and America; Charles II. when a boy, in armour, VANDYCK; Henry duke of Gloucester.

THE KING'S DRAWING ROOM. The cieling represents Charles II. riding in a triumphal car, drawn by the horses of the Sun, attended by Fame, Peace, and the Polite Arts; Hercules driving away Rebellion, Sedition, and Ignorance; Britannia and Neptune paying obedience to the monarch as he passes. In the other parts are painted the Labours of Hercules. The pictures, a converted Chinese, KNELLER; a Magdalen, YOUNG PALMA; the Roman Charity; St. John; St. Stephen stoned; St. Peter, St. James, and St. John, MICHAEL ANGELO CARAYAGIO; Cupid and Psyche, DAHL;

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DAHL; Endymion and Diana, GENARIO; Harvest, BASSAN; Our Saviour before Pilate, SCHIAVONE; Martha and Mary, from BASSAN; a Shepherd and Shepherdess, GENARIO; Danae, ditto; and Venus turned painter.

THE KING'S AUDIENCE ROOM. On the cieling the Banquet of the Gods. The pictures, Hercules and Omphale, Cephalus and Procris, the Birth of Venus, Venus and Adonis, GENARIO; a Naval Triumph of Charles II. H. VERRIO; the Marriage of St. Catharine, DANCKERS; Mercury represented with an original portrait of Charles II. which he shews to the four quarters of the world, introduced by Neptune; Fame declaring the glory of that prince, and Time driving away Rebellion, Sedition, &c. Over the canopy is Justice, shewing the arms of Britain to Thames and the river nymphs. At the lower end is Venus in a marine car, drawn by tritons and sea nymphs. The paintings, Duns Scotus, SPAGNOLET; Peter I. of Russia, KNELLER; Prometheus, YOUNG PALMA; and the other four Cartoons of Raphael: The Death of Ananias; St. Paul preaching to the Athenians; Christ delivering the Keys to Peter; Elymas the Sorcerer struck with Blindness.

These inestimable cartoons had remained in Flanders, from the time that Pope Leo X. sent them thither to be copied in tapestry. The money for the tapestry having never been paid, they were purchased by Charles I. at the recommendation of Rubens. At the sale of the royal pictures, in 1653, they were purchased for 300/. by Cromwell, against whom no one would bid. He pawned them to the Dutch court for upward of 50,000l.; and, after the Revolution, king William brought them again to England, and built a gallery for their reception in Hampton Court, to which place these have been also lately removed.

THE KING'S GUARD CHAMBER, is a noble room, in which are pikes, pistols, guns, bayonets, &c. disposed in colonnades, pillars, and other devices, by Mr. Harris, formerly master gunner of Windsor Castle; who invented the beautiful arrangement of arms here, and in the armory of the Tower of London. The cieling is finely painted in

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water colours: in one circle, Mars and Minerva; in the other, Peace and Plenty. In the dome is a representation of Mars. The pictures, Charles XI. of Sweden, on horseback, WYCK; Nymphs and Satyrs, by RUBENS and SNYDERS; Hunting the Wild Boar, SNYDERS; Still Life, KALF; the Taking of Bears, BASSAN; a Bohemian Family, by PURDIONI; Divine Love, BAGLIONI; Lacy, the Comedian, in three characters, WRIGHT; a Sea Piece; Diana; a Family singing by candle-light, HONTHORST; a Japan Peacock; the Cocoa Tree; architecture and figures. The beautiful carving of this chamber is by GRINLIN GIBBONS.

THE KING'S AUDIENCE CHAMBER. On the cieling is represented the re-establishment of the Church of England at the Restoration, in the characters of England, Scotland, and Ireland, attended by Faith, Hope, Charity, and the Cardinal Virtues; Religion triumphing over Superstition. and Hypocrisy, who are driven by angels from before the church. This room is decorated by the masterly hand of Mr. WEST. Over the door, is The Surrender of Calais. The companion to this is The Entertainment given by Edward to his Prisoners, in which the brave Eustace de Ribaumont, who engaged the king, unknown, in single combat, during the siege of Calais, is introduced. The king is in the act of nobly rewarding the valour of his enemy with a crown of pearls, and, at the same instant, granting him his liberty.

Under this picture is the representation of The Passage of the Somme, near Abbeville, in which Edward is opposed by Godemar de Faye, king Philip's general.

The Interview between the King and his victorious Son, the Black Prince, after the Battle of Cressy.

The Victory of Poitiers, in which the Black Prince is represented receiving as captives the French king John, and his youngest son Philip.

The First Installation of the Garter in St. George's Chapel. The bishops of Winchester and Salisbury performing the service, and the king, queen, and knights, VOL. V. No. 119.

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kneeling round the altar. In the gallery appear the king's children, the captive king of Scotland, the bishop of St. Andrew's, French prisoners, and spectators. In the fore ground two of the poor knights of Windsor, kneeling; behind them two foreign ambassadors; and, behind these, is the portrait of the painter, &c.

The Battle of Nevill's Cross, near Durham, where queen Philippa, in the absence of the king, takes the command of the army, and defeats, and makes prisoner, David king of Scotland *.

Over the chimney, the History of St. George.

THE KING'S PRESENCE CHAMBER is hung with tapestry, containing the History of queen Athaliah.

ST. GEORGE'S HALL is set apart to the honour of the order of the Garter†, and is one of the noblest rooms in Eu

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* The celebrated historical pictures of The Embarkation af Henry VIII. at Dover; his Interview with Francis I.; and The Battle of the Spurs; together with a picture of Henry VIII. and his family, have been removed from Windsor, and deposited, by order of king George III. in the meeting room of the Society of Antiquaries.. The following capital paintings have been removed from the queen's palace, St. James's Park; Venus attended by the Graces, GUIDO; Holy Family, RUBENS; Charles I.. with the duke D'Epernon; the same monarch with his family; and another of him and his queen; all by VANDYCK-Lysons.

+ Windsor Castle being the seat of honour of the most illustrious order of the Garter, the ceremonies of the installation of each knight is performed in St. George's chapel with great state and solemnity; and it is the peculiar privilege of this chapel, that the installation,' by the heroic and warlike founder, is expressly appointed to be solemnized and held therein, either by the knights themselves in person, or, on allowance from the sovereign, by their proxy. In former times the new or knights elect went in a solemn and stately procession to Windsor, attended by their friends and servants in the richest liveries with exceeding great pomp and cavalcade; also the procession of the knights from their lodg ings in the castle to the chapel of St. George, has sometimes been on horseback, but most frequently on foot, as is the present custom. The installation or inauguration of a knight of this most noble order, consists in a conjunction of many ceremonies, established by the royal founder, and succeeding sovereigns of the order, for the greater dignity and regularity of this illustrious society; and the sole ordering of these cere

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monies of installation belongs unto Garter King at Arms, a principal officer of the order, whose peculiar appointment is to maintain and support the dignity, and preserve the honour, of this most noble order of knighthood. On the morning of installation, the knights commissioners appointed by the sovereign to instal the new, or knights elect, meet in the great chamber in the lodgings of the dean of Windsor, dressed in the full habit of the order, where the officers of the order also attend in their habits, and the knights elect come thither in their under habits only, bearing their caps and feathers in their hands. From the dean's hall the first procession of the knights is made into St. George's chapel, and the new knights there rest themselves in chairs behind the altar, and are respectively introduced into the Chapter House, and by the lords commissioners (garter and the other officers attending) are here invested with the surcoat or upper habit of the order, which is buckled over with a girdle of crimson velvet, and the hanger and sword also girded on; the dean at the same time reading the several admonitions appointed by the laws and statutes of the order, which the knights elect here subscribe, and take the oaths required by the statutes. The procession of each knight elect separately, is afterwards made into the choir, attended by the lords commissioners, and other companions of the order, down the north aisle, and preceded by the poor knights, prebends, heralds, pursuivants, and other officers of the order in their several habits, Garter king at arms bearing the robes, great collar, and George, of each knight, on a crimson velvet cushion. On entering the choir, after reverence made to the altar and the sovereign's stall, the knights are conducted to their several seats or stalls, under their respective banners and other ensigns of honour; and with great state and reverence this most solemn part of installation is per formed, and here the knight is completely dressed, and invested with the mantle of the order, and the great collar of St. George.

After the solemnity of installation, the knights make their solemn offerings at the altar; and, prayers being ended, the grand procession of the knights from the choir in the full habits of their order, with their caps and plumes of feathers on their heads, (which are frequently richly adorned and surrounded with diamonds,) is made round the body of the church, and, passing out at the south door, the procession is continuad in great state through the courts of the Castle into St. George's Hall, preceded by his majesty's music. After the knights have for some time rested in the royal apartments, a sumptuous dianer or banquet is prepared

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