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and holds in right the hand of his brother James, Duke of York, the latter in petticoats; at right, Princess Mary, with her hands crossed at waist; in foreground, left and right, two spaniels. Engraved by R. Strange; J. Burnet; Le Blonde; Purcell. Etched by N. Muxell. Copy in Dresden Gallery, lithographed by Hanfstaengl (1840); another, Earl of Clarendon. Sketch, with but one dog, Louvre.—Smith, iii. 61; Klas. der Malerei, Pl. xviii.; Gal. roy. de Dresde; Guiffrey; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 429, 457; Villot, Cat. Louvre.


CHARLES I. AND FAMILY, Anton van Dyck, Windsor Castle; canvas, H. 8 ft. × 11 ft. The king, in royal robes, seated in an arm-chair, with his right hand on a table on which are the regalia of England; beside him, Prince Charles, standing, with both his hands on his knee; on his left, Queen Henrietta Maria, seated, with infant James in her arms; in distance, the Tower of London. Engraved by Baron (1741); R. Strange; Massard; F. A. David; Dennel. Copies: Duke of Richmond; Duke of Devonshire.—Smith, iii. 66; Guiffrey; Waagen, Treasures, ii. 426.


CHARLES I. AND CROMWELL'S SOLDIERS, Paul Delaroche, Bridgewater House, London. Charles I. after his condemnation insulted by the soldiers of the guard. The resignation of the fallen monarch contrasts strongly with the rudeness of his persecutors, and moves one old soldier to tears. Salon, 1836. Engraved by Martinet.—Waagen, Treasures, ii. 54; Larousse, III. 1014.


CHARLES V., portrait, Anton Van Dyck, Uffizi, Florence; canvas, H. 6 ft. 1 in. × 4 ft. The Emperor in armour, with a red scarf over the left shoulder, mounted on a white charger; his right hand holds a baton, the left curbs his spirited steed, whose career is arrested by the waves of the sea; the wreck of a vessel is tossed on the billows; above, an eagle, with a wreath of laurel. Likeness borrowed from Titian's picture. One of his best works. Engraved by Guttenberg (1790); C. Mogalli; Earlom; Chiossone.—Smith, iii. 47; Guiffrey.

Children of Charles I., Anton van Dyck, Windsor Castle.

By Titian, Madrid Museum; canvas, H. 6 ft. 4 in. × 3 ft. 8 in. Full length, in gala dress; the right hand playing with a dagger, the left on a fawn-coloured Spanish hound. Painted in 1533. Titian received for it 1,000 scudi in gold, and was created by the Emperor a Count Palatine and Knight of the Golden Spur. Replica in 1536 for Duke of Mantua; another belonged to Charles I. of England, and was sold in 1650 to Sir Balthasar Gerbier for £150. Titian's first sketch of Charles, a bust in armour, was preserved in Bologna until 1856, when it was sold to an Englishman. A full-length, painted from this, was in the Royal Palace at Brussels, and another in that of Madrid,