. The poetical works of William Drummond of Hawthornden : with 'A cypresse grove' . ], Effigies PoeticcB: or the Portraits ofthe British Poets. London, 1824, vol. i. plate 39. It is there said to be in the possession of CaptainDrummond. {h) The Maitland Club edition of Drummonds , 1832—as frontispiece, with the addition at thefoot of Drummonds autograph. It is important to lay stress on the fact that theautograph of Drummond has no connection with theminiature. (c) W. B. Turnbull, The Poetical Works of WilliamDrummond of Hawthornden. London, 1856 (reprinted in 1890)—as frontispi
. The poetical works of William Drummond of Hawthornden : with 'A cypresse grove' . ], Effigies PoeticcB: or the Portraits ofthe British Poets. London, 1824, vol. i. plate 39. It is there said to be in the possession of CaptainDrummond. {h) The Maitland Club edition of Drummonds , 1832—as frontispiece, with the addition at thefoot of Drummonds autograph. It is important to lay stress on the fact that theautograph of Drummond has no connection with theminiature. (c) W. B. Turnbull, The Poetical Works of WilliamDrummond of Hawthornden. London, 1856 (reprinted in 1890)—as frontispiece, according to the copy of the Maitland Clubedition, but reduced and embellished. V. Unsigned portrait (reproduced for the first time inplate 5, facing p. xii); half length to right, in lace-edgedcollarette. This portrait, a beautiful work of art, is at Hawthorn-den, and has been there for a considerable time. When,some hundred years ago, John Gibson Lockhart visitedHawthornden, he had no doubt as to the authenticityof the portrait in question; in the following passage of. Plate 4.—Portrait from the Miniature formerly atHavvthornden. Fachtgpage x. ICONOGRAPHY. xi his Peter s Letters to his Kinsfolk, he gives a beautifuland withal remarkably accurate description of it: Mr. G carried me into the house, chiefly to show me the original portrait of Drummond, which is preserved there ;and, in truth, I am obliged to him for having done picture represents him at about the age of forty—the best of all ages, perhaps, for taking a mans portrait,if only one is to be taken of him—when the substance ofthe face is in all its firmness and vigour, and the fire ofyouth has been tempered, but not obscured, by thegravity of manhood. Drummonds features are singularlyfine and expressive—and the picture is an admirable one,and in perfect preservation, so that we see them exactlyas they were the day they were painted. His foreheadis clear, open, and compact, with the short black
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