Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures of Althorp : the residence of George John Earl Spencer to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . graving, beautiful and faithful as it is,* ishardly sufiicient to give an adequate idea. The original mea-sures four feet by three : and is in a perfectly fine state of pre-servation. The visitor and reader will contemplate such a pic-ture with increased satisfaction, when it is known to be a resem-blance of the Illustrator of the SiMkspeare, of which so particularan account has been given in the preceding
Aedes Althorpianae, or, An account of the mansion, books, and pictures of Althorp : the residence of George John Earl Spencer to which is added a supplement to the Bibliotheca Spenceriana . graving, beautiful and faithful as it is,* ishardly sufiicient to give an adequate idea. The original mea-sures four feet by three : and is in a perfectly fine state of pre-servation. The visitor and reader will contemplate such a pic-ture with increased satisfaction, when it is known to be a resem-blance of the Illustrator of the SiMkspeare, of which so particularan account has been given in the preceding Oppositethe bed, is a head of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, whena child. In the centre, is a group of four children of the lateEarl Spencer, and on the right is a head of the present EarlSpencer, when a child. All these are in crayons, by Miss the left of the group by Angelica Kauffinan, is another por-trait of the present Earl Spencer, when a child; with a blackcap and feather, and a dog by the side of him, * From the necessity of adapting it to the pages of this work, the above en-graving occupies only two thirds of the figure of the p. 200, i:)KAIE,(&A]a]ET,©(n)TirHTr]E§S ©ifLUCAM. From an Original Fainting fcy Angelina the Fofsefsion of Earl Spence p •
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