Hampton Court ... Illustrated with forty-three drawings by Herbert ...

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HAMPTON COURT
Alexander the Great. They were bought by Cadogan,
but it is not clear whether they were made at Brussels
or at the Gobelin factory. They are a contrast to the
older work, but they have a certain richness and decorative
effect, and are certainly extremely fine examples
of the eighteenth century tapestries, and admirably in
keeping with their surroundings.
Of other work of needle and loom the Palace still
contains several specimens, all worthy of minute inspection,
such as the canopy that stood over the throne
of William III., the bed of Queen Anne, — a beautiful
composition of silk velvet elaborately worked in
orange and crimson on a white ground, — and the
bed of Queen Charlotte,— a charming specimen of
the work of Mrs. Pawsey, a lady who started a school
of needlework at Aylesbury, and was employed by the
Queen. Her work in this case, lilac satin with wreaths
of flowers in crewels touched up with silk, is extraordinarily
delicate, and in the best style of Louis Seize.
Other furniture, chairs of William III.'s day, the
very pattern of those the illustrator of the collected
edition of Pope (1751) drew the ladies sitting on
when they take coffee in the " Rape of the Lock,"
settees,cabinets,andirons,firebacks, all of great interest,
still remain in the Palace, but over these we may
not linger.
The great feature of the art collections is of course
the pictures. These have been so long neglected
that they seem especially to demand an attentive consideration.