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

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HAMPTON COURT
there are striking portraits of herself and of her great
rival, and of a number of ladies and gentlemen of her
court. Sir Antonio More has some other fine examples
here of his rapid, impressive work. Walsingham,
Dudley, Howard of Effingham, and other worthies,
are here in their habits as they lived; and the pale,
meagre face of FrancisII.,Mary of Scots' first husband.
One of Queen Mary herself, by Francois Clouet, now
removed to Windsor, a charming picture, is, like the
most authentic portraits — as, for instance, that in the
Bodleian Library at Oxford, formerly belonging to
Dr. Wellesley — not too beautiful for belief. She is
here ■* in white, with cap and veil, and curly reddish
hair fringing the face.2 Another portrait remains as
No. 560. It is a copy by Mytens of an original now
in theNational Portrait Gallery and signed "P.Oudry."
This is not so pleasing, and certainly has no better
claims to be considered authentic. Her mother-in-law,
Margaret, Countess of Lennox (No. 559), is probably
another of Mytens's copies.
But the portraits of Elizabeth herself far outweigh
these in importance. There are four besides the
smaller figures in the family group already mentioned.3
The first (No. 349) is most delightful and characteristic.
It is a fanciful picture, probably by Zuccaro,
in what some call a " Persian-looking costume," but
1Formerly No. 631.
2 Is this " the Queen of Scotland with the Dolphin of Fraunce, of
Gennett's doeinge,"in the list drawn up for Charles when Prince of
Wales ?
3 Above,p. 173.