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been for some time, probably, occupied by Henry Cromwell, for a short time assumed the latter name. It belonged to the family of Methwold, and is now partly the property of the earl of Harrington.

At EARL'S COURT was the residence of the celebrated surgeon John Hunter. Here that great experimentalist employed the little leisure he had in prosecuting curious and useful discoveries in natural history. The house is now the property of John Bayne, Esq.

Kensington boasts also of the following great characters as inhabitants: the earl of Craven; Cornelius Wood, characterised in the Tatler, under the name of Sylvio; he was an eminent military officer; Dean Swift; the pious Robert Nelson; baron Price; and Bernard Lens, the celebrated miniature painter.

Sir Philip Perceval, Daniel earl of Nottingham, Charles earl of Orrery, and the late lord Camden, were natives of Kensington.

THE ROYAL PALACE OF KENSINGTON, part of which a is in the parish of St. Margaret, Westminster, was the Pales seat of Sir Heneage Finch, afterward earl of Nottingham,

and was sold by his son (Daniel the second carl) to king William, who greatly improved it, and caused a royal road to be made to it, through Hyde Park. The gardens were originally only twenty-six acres. Queen Anne added thirty acres, which were laid out by her gardener, Mr. Wise; but the principal addition was made by queen Caroline, who took in near three hundred acres from Hyde Park, which were laid out by Bridgman; and they have since been much improved by Brown. They are three miles and a half in circumference; and have, for many years past, been a very fashionable promenade, particularly on Sundays.

The palace is a large irregular edifice of brick, built at various times. The state apartments, which are very noble, consist of a suit of twelve rooms. The first ascent is by the great staircase, in which are painted balconies, with the portraits of particular people, in groups; as Mustapha the Turk, and Ulrick in a Polish dress, both

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pages to George I.; Peter the Wild Boy, &c. by KENT. The visitors then proceed through the apartments in the following order; observing, that all the cielings in the state rooms are painted by that artist.

The PRESENCE CHAMBER; pictures; the Princess of Wales and her family, KNAPTON; three cartoons, by CARLO CIGNANI, namely, a Cupid, Jupiter and Europa, and Jupiter; Prince Edward, COATES; two daughters of Philip II. of Spain, MORE.

The PRIVY CHAMBER; pictures; a German Lady, with an orrery and dog, PARMEGIANO; an Italian Lawyer, BOURDON; St. William, GIORGIONE; Duchess of Valentia, JANNET; Wise Men's Offerings, LUCA GIORDANO; a Man with a cross at his breast, GIORGIONE a Man shewing a trick, ditto; an Old Man looking up; the Duke of Savoy's Mother; the late King of Prussia, a whole length; a Man with a glass in his hand, BRUGGHIN; an Old Man with a grey beard, TINTORET; the Empress of Russia, a whole length; the Duchess of Portsmouth, VERELST; her present Majesty's Sister, the Princess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, WOGE.

The QUEEN'S DRAWING ROOM, hung with tapestry, representing a winter piece in Holland, VANDERBANK; pictures; Sir Thomas More, HOLBEIN; a Man's Head, in a furred gown, TINTORET; William Duke of Cumberland, on horseback, WOOTTON; and a Man's Head, GIORGIONE.

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The QUEEN'S DINING ROOM; pictures; Giorgione's Head, by himself; James IV. of Scotland; his brother Alexander, and St. Andrew, MABUSE; Henry V.; Richard III.; a Man's Head, ALBERT DURER; Henry VI.; Edward VI.; a Man's Head; Queen of James IV. of Scotland, with St. George, MABUSE; Bassan's Head, himself; Emperor Maximilian I.; Philip the Fair; Henry VII.; Elizabeth his queen; Louis XII. of France; Princess of Castile; King of Arragon; his queen; Charles IX. of France; St. Matthew called from the Receipt of Custom, AL. DURER; Maximilian Archduke of Austria; a young Man's Head; Dr. Linacre, founder of the College of Physicians,

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QUINTIN MATSYS; Raphael's Head, himself; a Virgin and Child, SABUTANT; Philip II. of Spain, JANNET; a Dutch Merchant and his wife; John de Bologna's Head.

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The QUEEN'S DRESSING ROOM; pictures; Judith and Holofernes, PAUL VERONESE; Ruins and Figures, BAMBOCCIO; Windsor Castle, WOSTERMAN; four Views of Venice, CANALETTI; a Plundering, WOUVERMANS; Departure of Charles II. from Sheveling, LINGELBEĊK; a Battle, WOUVERMANS; Old Hampton Court, DANCKERS; a Landscape, with hawking; three Landscapes, namely, Hawking, the mangled Horse, and Fisherman, WOUVERMANS; a Skirmish, BERCHEM; a Landscape, AvoNT; an Altarpiece, ALB. DURER; Battle of Forty, SNYDERS; a Landscape with Ruins, PAUL Brill.

The QUEEN'S GALLERY; pictures; Henry VIII.; his Queen, Catharine of Arragon; Queen Elizabeth, in a Chinese dress, ZUCCHERO; James 1. VANDYCK; his Queen, VANSOMER; Charles II. LELY; James II. ditto; King William, KNELLER; Queen Mary, ditto;* Queen Anne, after ditto George I. after ditto; George II. SEMAN; Queen Caroline, ditto; the Emperor Charles VI. KNELLER; Philip III. of Spain, and his Queen, VALESQUE.

The CUBE ROOM. Here are six Gods and Goddesses: ́over the chimney is Cleopatra, antique; and above her is a Roman Marriage, in marble, by RYSBRACK.

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The GREAT DRAWING ROOM; pictures; Charles I. and his Queen, VANDYCK; Jacob's Separation, BASSAN; Audience of Sir Henry Wotton, in the Senate House at Venice, FIALETTI; Holbein's Head, in water colours, by himself; Flaying of St. Bartholomew, Holbein's Wife's Head, in water colours, HOLBEIN; Venus and Cupid, MICH. ANGELO; Charles XI. of Sweden, on horseback, WYCK; Duke of Wharton, ROSALBA; a Tyrolese Girl, ditto; Rosalba's Head, herself; Duke of Buckingham and his Family, HONTHORST; a Wild Boar's Head, SNYDERS; the Taking of Tournay, by Marlborough; WooTTON; St.

* Kueller was knighted for painting these pictures of king William and queen Mary.

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