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of this noble family, being fitted up with drawings by different branches of it.

In the dressing-room, over the chimney, is an half-length of the Marquis of Stafford. The late Lord Gore. The late Lady Derby. Lady Carlisle. The Inside of a Church at night, partially illumi- nated; inscribed " Henricus Van Steinwick 1591, " fecit 1624." Two landscapes, with good masses of trees, in the style of Salvator Rosa, very fine. Conjugal Love; a girl with two doves, from which an elegant print has been engraved. Its companion, on the other side, is a female figure, whose countenance characterizes that remorse which vice produces, and probably represents Con- jugal Infidelity.

In the zreen damask room is an ancient half-

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length on board, a Man's Head, in a black dress, cap, and ruff, with this inscription: " An. 1588, " iEtatis 64; virtute nan vi" The present Mar- quis's father, half-length. Lady Jane Lewisham Gore, half-length. A small whole length good portrait of Admiral Keith Stewart. Small ancient half-length of a boy, A. D. 1576, iEt. 16. Sir William Lewisham Gore, half-length. The Earl of Gainsborough, ditto, when young, with a parrot.

In the tapestry-room, are the second Duke of Portland, three quarters. A Judge, half-length.

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