by the
creditors of Philip the third earle of Pembrok. Mr. Uniades told me
that he heard Philip (first) Earle say, that he gave to Sir Anthony
Van Dyk for it five hundred Jacobuses. 'Tis an heirloome, and the
creditors had nothing to doe with it, but Mr. Davys the painter, that
was brought from London to apprize the goods, did apprize it at a
thousand pounds. Captain Wind tells me that there is a tagliedome of
this great picture: enquire for it. [A critical account of this
picture, which is 17 feet in length by l1 feet in height, and contains
ten full-length portraits, will be found in the Beauties of
Wiltshire, vol. i. p. 180-187. It was engraved by Bernard Baron in
1740. - J. B.]
*[This refers to the "double-cube" room, as it is often called,
from its proportions. The Great Hall at Kenilworth was also a double
cube; and the same form was adopted in many other old buildings.
- J. B.]
†[In "A Description of the Antiquities and Curiosities in Wilton
House," 4to. these paintings are ascribed to Signer Tomaso and his
brother.-J. B.]
The anti-roome to the great roome of state is the first roome as you
come up staires from the garden, and the great pannells of wainscot
are painted with the huntings of Tempesta, by that excellent master
in landskip Mr. Edmund Piers.‡ He did also paint all the grotesco -
painting about the new buildings.
‡[Ascribed to Tempesta junior in the "Description" already
mentioned.-J. B.]
In the roome within this great roome is the picture of King Charles
the First on his dun horse by Van Dyk; it hangs over the chimney.
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