ILLUSTRATIONS
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Portrait of a Lady, by J. Mansion (Wallace Collection).
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Chapter I.--On Collecting Miniatures and the Care of Them.
Lady Villiers and Katharine, Fifth Duchess of Leeds, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Col. W. H. Walker)23
Louisa of Stolberg, a Jacobite badge (A. Lang, Esq.) Mr. Barbor and the Barbor Jewel (Victoria and Albert Museum). Charles I. in his own hair (Shelley family)29
Queen Elizabeth (Harcourt family). Miss Pretyman, by R. Cosway, R.A. (J. Davison, Esq.)37
Chapter II.—Origin of Miniatures, and a Method of Painting Them.
A Philospher, Fifteenth-century Missal (Wallace Collection)47
Sir Walter Raleigh and Walter Raleigh, jun., unknown (Duke of Rutland)51
Back of the Enamel Case containing the Raleigh Portraits (Duke of Rutland)55
Sir John Hatton and his Mother, ascribed to Lucas de Heere (Earl Spencer)59
Chapter III.—Concerning Enamels and Enamel Painters.
C. F. Zincke and his wife, after J. Hysing67
Jeremiah Meyer, R.A., after Dance. Nathaniel Hone, R.A., by Himself71
Thomas Howard, by Sir A. More (Duke of Norfolk). Edmond Butts, by John Bettes (National Gallery)77
Henry Brandon, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Hans Holbein the Younger, by Himself (from a drawing at Basle). Charles Brandon, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King)81
A Burgomaster, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Lady Audley, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King)85
Catharine of Arragon, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Henry VIII., by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Henry, Duke of Richmond, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King)91
Chapter IV.—Holbein, and Early Miniature Painters.
Nicholas Hilliard, by Himself (from Penshurst). Lady Mary Sidney, by N. Hilliard (Harcourt family)99
Henry VII., by N. Hilliard (H.M. the King). Charles the First when Prince of Wales, by Isaac Oliver (Duke of Rutland). Spenser (Lord Fitzhardinge)103
Isaacus Oliverus, Anglus Pictor (from a print in the British Museum)107
Venetia, Lady Digby, by I. Oliver (Burdett-Coutts Collection). I. Oliver, by Himself (H.M. the King)111
Sir Kenelm Digby and Venetia, Lady Digby, by Peter Oliver (Burdett-Coutts Collection)115
Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, by Isaac Oliver. Peter Oliver, after Sir A. Van Dyck. Arabella Stuart, by Peter Oliver (Capt. J. H. Edwards, Heathcote)119
Chapter V.—Nicholas Hilliard.
Charles I., by John Hoskins (H.M. the King). Duke of Buckingham, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King)126
Oliver Cromwell, by S. Cooper (Duke of Devonshire). Oliver Cromwell, by S. Cooper (Duke of Sutherland)129
George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King)133
Duchess of Cleveland, by S. Cooper (Countess of Caledon). O. Cromwell's Mother. Lady Leigh, by S. Cooper (Sackville Bale Collection)137
Sir John King, by Aleander Cooper (H.M. the King). S. Cooper, by Himself (Dyce Collection)141
Chapter VI.—The Olivers and Hoskins.
Petitot, by Himself. Mlle. Fontanges, by Petitot.Henrietta d'Orleans, by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection)151
Louis XIV., by Petitot. Charles I., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection). James II., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection). Cardinal Mazarin, by Petitot (Earl of Carlisle). Cardinal Richelieu, by Petitot157
Petitot le Vieu, by Petitot (Earl Dartrey). Petitot, from a print in the British Museum. Charles II., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection)163
Chapter VII.—Samuel Cooper.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, by S. Liotard. Amelia, Duchess of Leinster, after Sir Joshua Reynolds (Earl of Charlemont)174
A Lady, unknown (Lord Tweedmouth). Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, by Gaspar Netscher (Charles Butler, Esq.)177
Duchess of Hamilton, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby). Miss Kitty Mudge, by James Nion (Canon Raffles Flint)181
Marchioness of Hertford, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Meynell-Ingram Collection). Portrait of a Gentleman, by S. Shelley (Miss Kendall). Lady Frances Radcliffe, by S. Collins (Earl of Carlisle)185
Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby)189
Chapter VIII.—Petitot.
Richard and Maria Cosway, by R. Cosway, R.A.195
Lady Caroline Howard, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle). William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle). Lady Horatio Seymour, by R. Cosway, R.A.199
George IV. when Prince of Wales, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Shaftesbury family)203
Lady Caroline Duncombe, by R. Cosway, R.A. (W. B. Stopford, Esq.). The Ladies Georgina and Harriet Cavendish, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle)207
Chapter IX.—Some Georgian Artists.
R. Cosway, R.A., by Himself (National Portrait Gallery)213
Lady Hamilton (J. H. Anderdon, Esq.). Lady TheresaStrangways, by A. Plimer216
Lady Orde, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Sir A. J. Campbell-Orde, Bart.)219
Caroline of Anspach, by O. Humphrey, R.A. Lady Clive, by J. Smart (Earl of Powis). Portrait of a Lady, by J. Smart (Miss Kendall). Lord Clive, by J. Smart (Earl of Powis)223
Ozias Humphrey, R.A., after G. Romney227
Chapter X.—Cosway and his Contemporaries.
Portrait of a Lady, by G. Engleheart (Col. W. H. Walker). Portrait of a Gentleman, by G. Engleheart (M. Viennot)233
Portrait of a Gentleman, by W. Wood. Maria, Duchess of Coventry, unknown (J. G. Fanshawe, Esq.)239
The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A.243
Countess of Leitrim, by A. Robertson. The Artist's Mother, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A.249
William Cobden, by R. Dudman. Millicent Amber, his Wife, by R. Dudman253
Master Cobden, son of Richard Cobden257
Chapter XI.—The Last of the Old School.
Mary Stuart, by Janet (H.M. the King)265
The Duke of Monmouth, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King)269
Queen Charlotte, by Ozias Humphrey, R.A. (H.M. the King). James II., by S. Cooper (H.M. the King)273
Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, by R. Cosway, R.A. (H.M. the King)277
Chapter XII.—Royal and Private Collections.
Henry, Cardinal of York and Prince Charles Edward,unknown (H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany). Mme. de Montespan, by Petitot. Mary Stuart, from an enamel by H. Bone (Burdett-Coutts Collection)283
Sir Kenelm Digby, Wife, and Sons, by Peter Oliver, after Sir A. van Dyck (Burdett-Coutts Collection)289
Sir Philip Sidney, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King)295
Chapter XIII.-Public Collections.
The Dauphin, by Janet (H.M. the King). Napoleon I., by Chatillon (Duke of Wellington)305
Portrait of Mirabeau, Anonymous (M. Gabriel Marceau). Portrait of a Lady, by P. A. Hall (Mme. de B.)311
Portrait of the Painter C. J. Natoire, by J. B. Massé (M. Ed. Taigny)317
Chapter XIV.—The French School of Miniature Painters.
Benoit Boulouvard de Sainte Albine and Sister, by L. Sicardi (M. le Comte Allard du Chollet)329
Mlle. Constance Mayer, by P. P. Prudhon (Eudoe-Marcille Collection)335
Portrait of a Lady, by J. B. Augustin (M. Ed. Taigny). Portrait of a Young Lady, by J. Guérin (Mme. de Sainte Martin Valogne)341
Mme. Henri Belmont, by L. F. Aubry (M. de Richter)347
F. B. Isabey, by Himself (M. Ed. Taigny)353
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