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 9»8. IV. July 1,'99.] NOTES AND QUERIES. LONDON. SATVRDAr, JULY 1, 18B». CONTENTS.-No. 79. NOTES :—Portraits liy George Dance, 1—' Dictionary of National Biography ': Notes and Corrections, 3—Marriage Customs and Defaulting Omens, 5—French Proper Names —Epitaph of E. Weston, 0—" Spancel "—" Minute-men" —Shelley at Oxford, 7. QUERIES:—Admiral Tyler—" A gillyvine pen "—" Geleez " — " Melius superius indumentum " — Menilek — Parry Arms. 7 —Titian at Warwick Castle—Palmer Family— Heraldic—Age of Human Bones—Kerr—"Old Clustruin" —Blessing Cattle—Anglicisms —" Idyl" or "Idyll," 8— Sir E. Barnes—' Life of Edward II.'—Dr. T. Sanderson— Taverner — Motto on Sundial — Marriages of Persons already married to Each Other—Andrew Brewer—Author of Quotation, fl. REPLIES :—Chinese Medicine, 10—Waller—Irish Olibbes, or Coulins, 11—" Ringes "—Religious Foundation at Shere —"Dies creta notandus"— Instrumental Choir — Mon- taigne and East Anglia—Windsor Chairs—" Index," 12— Portrait of Tom Paine—" Janissary," 13—"Dibble"— Ancient Water-pipes, H —Two of Edward FitzGerald's Early Poems, 15— Lady Grange—M.P. claiming Payment of Expenses —Holy Wells — "Shaving Hat," 16—"The white launch hind "—County Nicknames—Wind Indicator at Peckham — John Massy — ' The Three Sergeants ' — Corpus Chrlstl Day — Cricket, 17 —Jane Shore—Public Schools with Branch Establishments, 18. NOTES ON BOOKS:—Metcalfe's ' A Great Historic Peer- age : the Earldom of Wiltes'—Ebsworth's ' The Roxburghe Ballads '—Nevill's * Memoirs of Monsieur d'Artagnan.' Notices to Correspondents. gotta. PORTRAITS BY GEORGE DANCE, R.A. Since the publication of an article which I contributed to the Magazine of Art of October, 1898,1 have drawn up a list of the portraits sketched in pencil by George Dance, with some clue as to their present where- abouts. The majority of these portraits came under the hammer at Christie's on 1 July, 1898. A mere glance at the following list will show its extraordinary interest and variety. In many instances these profile portraits are the only ones known to exist; and in any case this list will have a unique value to a large number of future inquirers. In addition to the facts already published concerning George Dance, Mr. Joseph J. Green, of Salisbury Gardens, Tunbridge Wells, lias obligingly furnished me with a good many othe* particulars. Dance married into a Quaker family, his wife being Mary, daughter of Thomas Gurnell, Esq., of the Manor House, Ealing Green, the event taking place on 24 March, 1772. Dance took a leading part in connexion with the banquet at the Guildhall to the allied sovereigns (see Gent. Mag., 1814, part ii. 179). The Gent. Mag., 1791, part i. 493, states that he also painted (? sketched) a portrait of Francis Grose, F.S.A., which was engraved by Barto- lozzi. Mrs. George Dance, the widow of the artist's great-grandson, possessed in 1881 a Eortrait of George Dance by Sir Thomas iawrence, and-also a good copy of the same. Mr. Green possesses a large scrapbook of sketches by Dance. It may be added that the portraits by him in the Royal Academy Library were purchased by order of reso- lution of the Council, 14 January, 1813, and as Dance was then alive they were pre- sumably purchased from him. The abbrevia- tions in the following list are : R.A.L. (Royal Academy Library), N.P.G. (National Portrait Gallery). B.M. (British Museum), and R.C.S. (Royal College of Surgeons). Those marked with an a indicate such of the sketches as were engraved by W. Daniell and published by him under the title of 'A Collection of Portraits, sketched from the Life since the Year 1793,' 1808-14. Those portraits which were reproduced to accompany my letter- press in the Magazine of Art are indicated by the letter b. There are four which I have not been able to trace—Joah Bates, the Earl of Charlemont, Charles, first Earl Lucan, and Major-General Picton, all of which are in the engraved series : probably these were given to or purchased by the respective individuals, and may now be in possession of their descendants. Abernethy, J., surgeon.—Leggatt Bros. •Agar, Charles, Earl of Normaiiton and Archbishop of Dublin.—.Lord Normanton. Allot, Rev. .Dean of Raphoe.—Col. Sanders. "Angerstein, J. J.—B.M.; Mag. of Art, Oct., 1898. "Anstruther, Sir J.—Leggatt. •Armstrong, C, M.D.—"P. & D. Colnaghi. •Arnold, Sam., Mus.Doc.—N.P.G. •Bacon, J.—R.A.L. Baker, Geo.—Colnaghi. Baldwin, Rd.—Leggatt Bros. Banister, J.—N.P.G. "Banks, Sir J.—Leggatt Bros. •Banks, T., R.A.-R.A.L. Another.-B.M. "Barnard, Titos., Bishop of Limerick.—Col. Sanders. •Barry, J.—R.A.L. Bartolozzi, F.—R.A.L. "Bates, Joah, musician, &c. •Batty, R., M.D.—Col. Sanders. Beaumont, Sir G.—N.P.G. Beechey, Sir W.-R.A.L. "Bensley, R., actor.—Christie's, 15 May, 1899. Berwick, J.—Col. Sanders. Blacker, Rev. P.—Thomas & Son. Blake,, musician.—Thomas. Blicke, Sir C.-R.C.S Bligh, Admiral.—N.P.G. Bonomi, J.—R.A.L. '"Boswell, James.-N.P.G.; Mag. of Art, Oct., 1898 Bourgeois, Sir F.—R.A.L. Brettingham, R., architect.—B.M. Brocklesby, Rd., physician.—B.M. "Budd, Rd., physician.—Leggatt. Burch, Ed.-R.A.L.