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 . del. Worthin^con Sc. Only Son of John,Duke :f^srTiorougll. tnMUdlyLakM. From ibe Ori^nal FaiDtin^ by Fompeio Althorp. FDii:lin,JS2. THE STAIR CASE. 239 ENGRAVING afFords the best idea. It is that of John, MarquisOF Blandford, eldest son of John Duke of Marlborough, whodied of the small-pox in the sixteenth year of his age. A veryparticular and interesting account of his last Ulness and dea
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 . del. Worthin^con Sc. Only Son of John,Duke :f^srTiorougll. tnMUdlyLakM. From ibe Ori^nal FaiDtin^ by Fompeio Althorp. FDii:lin,JS2. THE STAIR CASE. 239 ENGRAVING afFords the best idea. It is that of John, MarquisOF Blandford, eldest son of John Duke of Marlborough, whodied of the small-pox in the sixteenth year of his age. A veryparticular and interesting account of his last Ulness and deathwill be found in the XVth. chapter of Mr. Coxes Memoirs ofthe Duke of Marlborough. The painting is by Sir GodfreyKneller. Next to this is a whole length portrait of Charles, se-cond Duke of Marlborough, in his coronation robes, as fifthEarl of Sunderland. Having surveyed this curious collection of Family Portraitson the ground floor, I must again call upon the visitor to makethe circuit of the lowev apartments complete, before he mountthe stair case. Accordingly, passing round under the northgallery, he wiU be conducted into Lord Spencers Bed Chamber. Over the chimney-piece is a very beautiful specimen of the talentsof Pompeio Battoni, in a portrait of the Fi
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