a pedestal of Porphyry, stands an Antique Groupe in white marble, of two Satyrs supporting a Drunken Silenus, who is represented riding on a third Satyr: this groupe was found at the Villa Santi, near Rome, and belonged to the Odescalchi collection, from which it was bought by the present Duke of Buckingham. Behind hangs a Mosaic Picture of St. Peter.

On each side of the upper end of the Hall are two Statues in white marble, one of a Roman Senator found in Herculaneum, the other of the Goddess Hygeia: and two valuable antique busts of white marble; the one of Nero, purchased in Rome, by George Marquess of Buckingham,— the other of Tiberius, found amongst the ruins of his palace in the Island of Capri and round the Hall are several Busts and Groupes in bronze.

In the Hall, and the adjoining Passages, is a valuable collection of Original Portraits. The following is a catalogue of them, beginning from the N. E. angle.

1. Charles the Second,--whole length.-Presented by him to Sir Richard Temple.

2. Louis the Sixteenth, King of France.

3. Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough,-Given by her to Secretary Craggs.

4. General Monk, Duke of Albemarle.

5. Gaston D'Orleans, brother to Louis XIIIth.

6. James, Duke of York,-whole length.--Given by him to

Sir Richard Temple.

7. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel. Obiit 1646.

8. Henri de Lorraine, Duc de Guise.

9. Dr. John Moorcroft, one of the early Reformers.

He is represented holding in his hand an ornamented Bible, partly bound in silver, now in Stowe Library.

10. The Marquis de Vieuville,-whole length.

Vandyke.

This nobleman came to England in the train of the Comte de Harcourt, Ambassador from France to Charles I.: he fought on the King's side at the battle of Auburne-Chase, where he was killed. Various accounts are given by the Royalist and Parliamentary Historians as to the manner of his death. 11. Anna Maria, Countess of Shrewsbury.-Vide " Memoires de Grammont."

12. George, Lord Cobham, Governor of Calais.

13. The Lady Henrietta Berkeley.-Vide the Trial of Ford Lord Grey, State Trials, vol. iii, p. 519.

14. Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange,

15. King William IIId, when young.

16. The Count de Gondomar, Ambassador from Spain to James 1.-whole length.

17. Oliver Cromwell.

Velasquez. Richardson, sen.

The Boy who is tying his scarf is Sir Peter Temple, of Stanton Bury, in the County of Bucks, who was his page, and who gave this picture to Lord Cobham in 1685.

18. Ben Jonson.

19. Nell Gwynn, -whole length.

20. Admiral Russel, Earl of Orford.

Sir Peter Lely.

21. Ford, Lord Grey of Werke.

22. Cosmo the IIId. Duke of Tuscany.

23. Colonel James Stanyan.

Dobson. 24 The Duchess of Richmond, ("La Belle Stuart," mentioned in the "Memoires de Grammont")-whole length. Sir Peter Lely.

25. John Locke.

26. Alexander Pope, painted by Hudson. Presented by Pope

to Secretary Craggs.

27. John, Duke of Argyll,

28. Sir Charles Wager.

PASSAGE, EAST OF THE HALL.

29. Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, attended by his

Secretary.

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30. The Marquis of Granby--whole length. Sir J. Reynolds. 31. Prince Eugene of Savoy, given by him to Secretary Craggs. 32. John, Count Witgenstein.

33. Louis, (le grand Dauphin) son to Louis XIVth.

34. Henry Prince of Wales, son of James Ist-whole length. 35. General Lambert. Sir Peter Lely. 36. Portrait of a Lady, (unknown,) in the dress of the reign of

Charles 1st.

37. Thomas Wriothesley, fourth Earl of Southampton. Lord High Treasurer in the reign of Charles IId.

Sir Peter Lely.

38. The Dutchess of Montague, daughter of John Duke of Marlborough-whole length.

39. A Female Head, unknown.

40. Edward the VIth.

41. The Lord Vaux.

42. General Michael Richards, and his brother General John Richards, with a View of the Siege of Belgrade, 1688. General John Richards was afterwards Governor of Alicant, and refusing to capitulate, was blown up the 3d of March, 1709.

43. Andrew Boorde, Physician to Henry VIIIth. 44. Edward the VIth-small whole length.

45. Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange.

Holbein.

Holbein.

Mierveldt.

46. John, Duke of Marlborough-whole length.-Given by him

to Secretary Craggs,

47 James Graham, Marquis of Montrose.

1650.

Beheaded anno

48. Claude de Mesmes, Comte d'Avaux, Ambassador extraordinary from France to the States General.

49. An unknown Portrait, in the Costume of a French nobleman of the reign of Louis XIII.

50. James Craggs the younger, Secretary of State.

51. King George the IId.-a small whole length.

52. Lady Jane Grey.

53. Le Duc de Longueville, brother-in-law of the great Prince

de Condé.

54. King James Ist. in his crown and robes.

55. The Lady Mary Curzon, Countess of Dorset--whole length.

56 Barbara Villiers, Dutchess of Cleveland.

Vandyke.

Sir Peter Lely.

Upon pedestals of white marble, are two very fine Antique Vases, found in the Villa Adriana, and engraved by Piranesi; the one is decorated with young Bacchanals and Foliages, the other is divided into compartments containing figures of Bacchantes. The mouldings are very rich, and the decoration of one of them, in which four serpents form the handles, is very bold and

curious.

Upon a white marble pedestal in the passage east of the Hall, stands an ancient Sarcophagus, found on the road to Tivoli, and engraved by Piranesi. It was brought from Rome by George Marquess of Buckingham. It is a Chest of white marble about three feet long, by twenty inches high, the covering to it is a mattress or bed, upon which lies a snake, within the folds of which is a human figure recumbent, of very capital workmanship: at one end is the following inscription, viz.

D. M. Antonia Pacuvio filia fecit sibi et Erennio filio suo piissimo, Imperatoris Trajani Cæsaris Augusti Germanici servo. dispensatori Montaniano.

On two marble tables on each side of the pedestal are two other Sarcophagi; one remarkably fine, adorned with the boldest Alto-rilievo, representing a Boar Hunt: it was discovered by Richard Marquess of Chandos, in the year 1817, close to the Appian Way, near the tomb of

Cecilia Metella, and brought by his Lordship to England.

A staircase of stone, inclosed by an iron balustrade, winds from the North Hall, and leads to the

EGYPTIAN HALL,

which forms the winter or covered entrance, under the North Portico and from the Park. On each side of the lowest steps are two Sphinxes of stone. The Egyptian Hall is fitted up from Denon's drawings of remains in the interior of one of the small temples of Tintyra. The ceiling is vaulted and ornamented with the celebrated Egyptian Zodiac found in the ceiling of that temple. The walls are decorated with hieroglyphics and various designs, correctly copied from the Temples and Sepulchres of Tintyra and Thebes. The Cornice is relieved by the Egyptian emblems of the Egg and the Serpent.

In a recess at the upper end, opposite to the staircase, stands a stone Sarcophagus, which contains a Stove, and supports an ancient Cinerary Urn of white marble, ornamented in Alto-rilievo. This recess is separated off by two fluted pillars. Over the door is a lamp in the form of a globe, winged.

THE NORTH PORTICO,

is formed by four Ionic columns two feet ten inches