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the stone from the sepulchre of Christ, in which is an admirable delineation of muscular exertion. A large ruin. Asleeping Cupid. Two holyfamilies. A boor eating; of the Flemish school. A wo- man in her green-stall; excellent, in the same style. A large landscape, in the manner of Rubens.

In the drawing-room is a fine half-length figure of a Duke of Devonshire in armour. Mrs. Charles Grey, and her infant; by Allen. Lord Richard Cavendish; half-length, by Sir Joshua Reynolds. A view of St. Mark's-Place, Venice. Two small battle-pieces. A landscape, with trees and ruins; called a Claude, with his distances, but not his magic softness of tints. Vandyck, by himself; the incomparable original from which Lord Orford's engraving of this celebrated painter was made. St. Francis; a large affecting picture, probably by Spagnoletto. He is represented kneeling, his hands clasped together, and lifted towards heaven, with a look of earnest supplication, deep contrition, and most compleat prostration of soul; a fine chain, of light runs from the sky above to the book before him. The picture, too, is well hung to produce a pleasing contrast between its own strength and power, and the softness and beauty of its neighbour Vandyck. A very large Claude Lorraine; the foreground consists of broken banks; a small

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