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 THE ANCESTOR 31 Wiseman, Sergeant Surgeon to Charles IL, is a remarkably fine work ; the treatment is broad and fine, the modelling of the face extraordinarily clever ; the background is of a rather uncommon green colour. The portrait is signed S.C. and dated 1660, and engraved on the back of the frame is the inscription : ^ Richardus Wiseman, Carolo II. Mag. Brit. Regi. Archichir'gus.' Grace Lady Manners, wife of Sir George Manners and second daughter of Sir Henry Pierpoint, recalls some portrait by Franz Hals or the Van Eyks in her austere black cap tied under the chin and penetrating expression of countenance. The ' Grace Lady Manners ' school at Bake- well in Derbyshire, founded by this philanthropic lady, is still extant and flourishing. The miniature is dated 1650 and signed with the monogram S.C. Another family portrait by Cooper is that of John eighth Earl of Rutland, who rebuilt the castle in 1668 after it had been destroyed by the Parlia- mentarian army. An interesting trio of miniatures is William Lord Russell, his heroic wife Rachel, both by S. Cooper, and their second daughter Katharine, who married John second Duke of Rut- land. The following inscription is on the back of the frame which contains Lord Russell's portrait : ' William, Lord Russell, who was unjustly beheaded 1683.' The same panel also contains enamels by Zincke of three of the Duchess's sons — John third Duke, Lord William and Lord Thomas Manners. Lady Frances Cecil wife of the fifth Earl of Cumberland, and John eighth Earl of Rutland are rather uninteresting examples by John Hoskins, Samuel Cooper's master. Peter Lens, son of the famous Bernard Lens, contributes a rather weak portrait of the famous Marquis of Granby and an attractive miniature of an unknown lady with pearls in her hair. Of the enamels by Jean Petitot, Queen Henrietta Maria bears the palm in point of beauty, Louise de la Valliere is somewhat disappointing as her features lack refinement and delicacy. Charles sixth Duke of Somerset and his second wife (the parents of Frances Marchioness of Granby, to whom these miniatures were probably given) are both fine specimens of the great master. The portraits of Gabrielle d'Estrees and Louis XIV. were bought at the Bailli de Breteuil's sale in Paris in 1786. The details of their purchase and price are c