. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. easures of art; the collection of pictures, although of limited extent, is of rare value,comprising, perhaps, some of the best examples to be found in England of Vandyck andRubens; and there is a fine assemblage of costly garderobes, cabinets, encoigneurs, tables of Buhl and Marquetrie, vases, and bronzes,with many veritable antiques. An object ofmuch interest is pictured in the appendedwood-cut. It is the Warders Horn. Itshistory is told by the following inscription:— PHIL. THOMASSINUS. FEC. ET EXCUD. CUM
. The baronial halls, picturesque edifices, and ancient churches of England. easures of art; the collection of pictures, although of limited extent, is of rare value,comprising, perhaps, some of the best examples to be found in England of Vandyck andRubens; and there is a fine assemblage of costly garderobes, cabinets, encoigneurs, tables of Buhl and Marquetrie, vases, and bronzes,with many veritable antiques. An object ofmuch interest is pictured in the appendedwood-cut. It is the Warders Horn. Itshistory is told by the following inscription:— PHIL. THOMASSINUS. FEC. ET EXCUD. CUM PONTIFICIS ET SUPERIOR. LICENTIA 1598. It measures two feet two inches across, and three inches and three-quarters diameterat the mouth. In all respects Warwick Castle holds rank among the most remarkable of ourexisting remains of the dwellings of the Feudal Barons. Its history is deeplyinteresting; and from the few changes it has undergone, we require little aid fromfancy to read there a full and perfect record of the leading incidents of by-gone * From the top of Guys Tower, ascended by 133 steps,the view is most fine and most extensive. Far stretching inthe distance are seen the tall spires of the Churches atCoventry ; nearer is the ruined Castle of Kenilworth ; stillnearer, are Guys Cliff and Blacklow Hill, famous in legendand story ; Leamington appears lying at our feet; while Stratford-on-the-Avon seems almost within arms-reach ;far off are the hills of Shropshire ; on all sides are fertileplains, of seemingly illimitable extent, with here and theredark woods and forests ; the Panorama is inconceivably beau-tiful and grand. 1041
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