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His designs were published in a series of engravings, entitled “Triumphus Austriacus," &c., with forty-three plates, and a learned text by Gevaerts.

THE VESTIBULE.

Five pictures, all by BENJAMIN WEST; the two largest represent 145. Edward III. embracing his Son after the Battle of Cressy, 1348.

and

146. Edward the Black Prince receiving his Prisoner King John of France after the Battle of Poictiers, 1356.

The three small pictures,

147. Philippa, Queen of Edward III., at the Battle of Neville's Cross, 1346.

SHE gained this victory over David King of Scotland during the absence of her husband, who had left her regent of the kingdom.

148. Queen Philippa suing for the Pardon of the Six Burghers of Calais, of glorious memory,

1347.

149. King Edward III. entertaining his Prisoners after the Surrender of Calais. He is presenting a chaplet to Sir Eustace de Ribemont, who had gallantly opposed him in the fight.

VISITORS always pause and linger in this little room. The national and historical subjects of the pictures (which were commanded by George III. to be hung in this palace, the favourite residence of his warlike

the scholars of Rubens after his sketches, which still remain in the Museum of Antwerp. He was himself prevented by a severe fit of the gout from sharing in any of the festivities which took place on this grand occasion.

predecessor) lend them a strong interest; and I still remember the delight
with which I looked at them when young, and could almost wish away
the more matured critical taste which denounces them as almost worthless
pictures, confused in composition and arrangement, spiritless in treat-
ment, most flat and cold in effect and colour; a quaker's conception
of the splendours and horrors of the battle-field, calculated to make us
out of love with war and chivalry.

The two busts of Edward III. and Philippa placed in this room are
copied from the figures on their respective tombs.

THE THRONE-ROOM.

BENJAMIN WEST.

150. The First Installation of the Knights of the
Garter; which took place in St. George's
Chapel in 1349.

A LARGE Composition, containing about thirty-five principal,
and as many subordinate figures; less than life-size. A
most insipid picture; one of those painted by West for King
George III. (See p. 217.)

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.

151. George IV.-Full-length, in the Robes of the
Garter.

Engraved by Hodgetts.

GAINSBOROUGH.

152. George III.-Full-length, in the Robes of the
Garter, holding his plumed hat.

Engraved by Dupont, 1790.

SIR MARTIN A. SHEE, P.R.A.

153. William IV.-Full-length, in the Robes of the
Garter; his right-hand leaning on his sword.

Engraved by C. Turner.

THE

GREAT BANQUETING-ROOM,

CALLED THE

WATERLOO CHAMBER.

*Beginning on the right as you enter from the Throne Room.

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.

154. Frederick Duke of York, second Son of George
III.

FULL-LENGTH, in the field-marshal's uniform, robe and
collar of the Garter. Exhibited in 1816. This Prince
died in 1827 though not distinguished in the field, he dis-
charged most efficiently the office of Commander-in-Chief.
Engraved (half-length) by G. Doo.

155. Lord Castlereagh (Robert Stuart, afterwards
Marquess of Londonderry), Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs from 1813 to 1823.
Three-quarters. Exhibited in 1814.

Engraved by C. Turner.

156. George IV.-Full-length, in the robes of the
Garter. A duplicate of the picture in the
Throne-room.

His Majesty, who rebuilt Windsor Castle, died here in
1830.

SIR WILLIAM BEECHEY.

157. George III.-Full-length, in the robes of the
Garter.

AFTER a long eventful reign of sixty years, this monarch
died at Windsor in 1820.

Engraved by B. Smith.

PICKERSGILL.

158. Lord Hill.-Half-length.

THIS officer distinguished himself in the Peninsular war, and
was in consequence raised to the peerage in 1814, and since
to the dignity of Commander-in-Chief of the Army.
Engraved by C. Turner.

SIR DAVID WILKIE.

159. William IV.-Full-length, in the Robes of the
Garter, leaning on his sword.

THE fine rich colour and arrangement of this picture render
more obtrusive the tawdry yet cold colour of Lawrence's
George IV. The compass on the ground indicates that this
king, before his accession, belonged to the navy.
died in 1837.

SIR THOMAS LAWRENCE.

He

160. The Earl of Liverpool.-Three-quarters; full
face; the hands clasped in front.

ROBERT BANKS JENKINSON, prime-minister of England in
the reigns of George III. and George IV. He died in
1828.

Engraved by C. Turner.

161. The Duke of Cambridge, Adolphus Frederick,
seventh Son of George III.

Full-length, in the field-marshal's uniform.

162. The Duke d'Angoulême, Dauphin of France,
eldest Son of Charles X.

Full-length painted at Paris in 1825.

SIR MARTIN A. SHEE, P.R.A.

163. General Sir Thomas Picton.-Three-quarters.
He was governor of Trinidad in 1797; afterwards distin-

guished in the Peninsular war, and was killed at the battle of Waterloo, 1815.

Engraved by C. Turner.

164. The Archduke Charles of Austria.-Full-length, in the Austrian uniform; leaning on his sword.

UNCLE of the present emperor, and commander-in-chief of the Austrian armies. He gained the battle of Asperne, and lost that of Wagram in 1809. He has written a history of his campaigns, and has perhaps the finest collection of prints and drawings in the world.

Painted at Vienna in 1819.

165. Prince Schwarzenberg.-Full-length.

tendant holding his horse.

An at

FIELD-MARSHAL and commander-in-chief of the combined armies of Austria and Russia in 1814; died in 1820, at the age of fifty. Painted at Vienna in 1819.

166. King Charles X. of France.-Full-length; holding his hat under his arm. Painted at Paris in 1825. Engraved by C. Turner.

167. Major-General Sir George Adam Wood.

Half-length. Colonel of Artillery, and conductor of the Engineer and Artillery department at the battle of Waterloo. 168. William Frederick Duke of Brunswick, Nephew of King George III.-Full-length, leaning

on a cannon.

THE duke was killed at the battle of Waterloo, as his father had perished before him on the field of Jena. Full-length; painted during his retreat in England, about 1813.

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