. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . elin and Beauvais tapestry of the Louis The Billiard-room contains many interesting family portraits,among others those of the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, the husbandof Bess of Hardwick ; Sir Henry Savile, Provost of Eton in thereign of Queen Elizabeth, and founder of the Savilian fellowshipat the University of Oxford, by Marcus Garrett ; a magnificentportrait of Strafford by Van Dyck ; Barbara, Countess of Scar-borough, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; Lord Halifax, by Sir G. Kneller,and both his wives by Sir P. Lely ; Prince Rupert by
. More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . elin and Beauvais tapestry of the Louis The Billiard-room contains many interesting family portraits,among others those of the sixth Earl of Shrewsbury, the husbandof Bess of Hardwick ; Sir Henry Savile, Provost of Eton in thereign of Queen Elizabeth, and founder of the Savilian fellowshipat the University of Oxford, by Marcus Garrett ; a magnificentportrait of Strafford by Van Dyck ; Barbara, Countess of Scar-borough, by Sir Joshua Reynolds; Lord Halifax, by Sir G. Kneller,and both his wives by Sir P. Lely ; Prince Rupert by Lely, andLady Savile by Romney. The Picture Gallery or Ballroom, which forms part of thewing built by Lord Halifax, is one hundred and twenty-four feetin length, with floor of oaken parquet, and a ceiling copied fromone at Hardwick. On the walls of one side of this fine roomhang pictures by Velasquez, Rembrandt, Teniers, Van Dyck, Mu-rillo, Watteau, Greuze, and Gainsborough ; the other side is en-tirely covered with fine specimens of Brussels 249 250 IRufforfc Hbbep The Dining-room is, perhaps, the least imposing one of thehouse, but it contains some noteworthy pictures and family por-traits, besides a magnificent collection of racing cups, mostlytrophies won by the late Mr. Henry Savile, whose celebratedhorse, Cremorne, was the winner of the Derby of 1872. The grand staircase, of carved oak, was designed and builtby the late Lord Savile, Ambassador at Rome ; the finebay window which forms the first landing being the only addi-tion to the outside of the house since the alterations made byLord Halifax. The windows of this landing are coloured withthe coats-of-arms of the family from the time that Sir GeorgeSavile obtained the property through his marriage with LadyMary Talbot in 1590. A smaller oak staircase leads down to theChapel, the date of which in its present state is uncertain ; butit clearly existed in the time of Bess of Hardwick, for there, asalready me
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