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lake, Pater Tyber reclining on his left arm, and pouring from his urn the classic stream. To the left is a lofty hill, probably Parnassus, with the temple of Apollo crowning its summit; the God himself and the nine Muses below; sea and misty mountains in the distance; a large old tree forms the right-hand skreen. The whole composition of this piece is stiff and bad, compared with its neigh- bour, another Claude; in which the Holy Family and Angels are seen in the fore-ground, backed by a river, water- fall, aqueduct, city, and mountains, succeeding each other at proper distances; the left-hand skreen is a most magnificent tree. Both these pieces are damaged. A party of peasants playing at cards; by Teniers. The portrait of a Duchess of Devonshire, by Lely. Sir William Lowther, half-length. Sir Thomas Riston, the an- cient proprietor of the manor and abbey of Furncss; a curious half-length.

In the striped-room is a large battle-piece. A small Van Schalken, Christ and Nicodemus.

In the dressing-room ; the Duchess of Richmond, half-length. Thomas Wrothesly Earl of Southton. A curious painting on board, very fair, by J. W. Stap; representing an old man reading, and a boy warming his hands over a stove. The outline of the head of the latter is strong and stiff; but the

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