A Clock of silver, gilt, and richly chased, which was a present from Henry VIII, to Anne Boleyn. On the weights are the initial letters of Henry and Anne, within true lovers' knots.

On a writing-table is placed a silver standish, that was Sit Robert Walpole's, with his arms engraved on it.

The Star Chamber is a small ante-room, so denominated because its sides are studded with gilt stars in mosaic. In this apartment is the celebrated bust of Henry VII, when in the agony of death, finely executed in stone, as a model for his tomb, by Torreggiano.

Passing through a passage, dimly lighted by a window of painted-glass, we enter the Holbein Chamber. The chimneypiece, which is extremely beautiful, is chiefly taken from the tomb of Archbishop Warham, at Canterbury, with some alterations by Mr. Bentley. This apartment justly merits the name which is bestowed on it; for, although we do not here meet with an assemblage of the first rate productions of Holbein, there are many excellent pictures from his hand, and some relics of that great master, which, from their unique character, are truly curious and estimable. The following are the princi pal works of Holbein in this room:

A Lady, supposed by Vertue to be Catherine, Duchess of Bar, sister of Henry IV. of France. This was in the collection of Sir Robert Walpole, and has been engraved among the illustrious heads, as Catherine of Arragon, first wife of King Henry VIII.

Edmund Montacute, a Judge; from Sir R. Walpole's collection.

A very small head of a man, in a round.

Frobenius, the printer, in a round; and Melancthon, in the

sanie manner.

Two heads (one that of a young man,) names not known.
A man in black, from the collection of Mr. Jennings, of

Shiplake

Shiplake; and a man in black, holding a ring, a small halflength.

A drawing of a Romish episcopal saint, whole-length; a large drawing of a chimney-piece, designed for one of the palaces of Henry VIII.; a fine whole figure, in terra cotta, of Henry VIII.; head of the same king, with a watch at his neck, carved in box.

In this chamber is likewise a collection of portraits, taken off on oil paper, by Vertue, from some of the original drawings by Holbein, found by Queen Caroline at Kensington Palace, and now preserved, we believe, at Buckinghamhouse.*

The amateur of the arts will observe with pleasure that here are also preserved those most valuable copies, supposed by Zucchero, of the Triumphs of Riches and Poverty, from the originals of Holbein, formerly in the hall of the Steel-yard Company. These drawings, which are rendered so precious by the loss of the originals, were purchased from Buckingham-house when Sir Charles Sheffield sold it to the king.

Among pictures by other masters must be noticed a fine piece, by Lucas de Heere, representing Frances, Duchess of Suffolk, mother of the Lady Jane Grey, and Adrian Stoke, her second husband. This has been engraved by Vertue.

Descending from the enumeration of works of art which reflect so much credit on the taste of the collector, we pass to the notice of some curious trifles in this room, which appear to require

These drawings are eighty-nine in number, and were accidentally found in a bureau at Kensington, by Queen Caroline, soon after the accession of the late king. How they came there is uncertain, but they are known to have belonged to King Charles I. who exchanged them with the Earl of Pembroke for a picture by Raffaelle. They consist of original drawings for the portraits of some of the principal personages of the court of Henry VIII. They are drawn with chalk, upon paper stained of a flesh colour; and, though they have little more than outline, they possess great strength and vivacity of delineation.

require observation chiefly because they assist in conveying a due notion of the rarities contained in this celebrated villa.

Here, then, on a table of ebony, is placed a tray with four ancient combs; " one of ivory," (as we are told by Lord Orford,)" is extremely ancient." Another, which is said to have belonged to the Queen of Scots, is of tortoise-shell, studded with silver hearts and roses. We inspected this comb, and certainly it is of a delicate manufacture.

By the side of the bed, which is duly sumptuous, is the red hat of Cardinal Wolsey, " found in the great wardrobe by Bishop Burnet, when clerk of the closet. From his son, the judge, it came to the Countess Dowager of Albemarle, who gave it to Mr. Walpole." This hat is of the finest beaver, and lined with silk. It is probable that Lord Orford placed additional value on it from the circumstance of it having evidently been much worn. The silk of the inside has happily been pressed, in warm weather, by the forehead of the great Cardinal, or that of some other person,

The Gallery displays the taste of Lord Orford to the best advantage. This apartment is fifty-six feet long, seventeen feet high, and thirteen feet wide. The design of the ceiling is taken from one of the side-aisles of Henry the Seventh's Chapel, and is finely affluent in pendants and fret-work, gilt on a white ground. The great door, which partakes much of Gothic grandeur, is copied from the north door of St. Alban's; and the two smaller doors are parts of the same design. The side most highly embellished is partly designed after the tomb of Archbishop Bouchier at Canterbury; and has five canopied recesses, ornamented with tracery-work, and pannelled with estimable pictures. This apartment is truly superb in character; and the effect of a first view is much heightened by the well-contrived gloom of the passage through which it is approached from the Holbein chamber. But it needs no assistance of subordinate art :-its ornaments, though ample, are so chaste and delicate, and the arrangement of them so judicious,

that, perhaps, admiration is more forcibly excited after the first impression has passed away.

The room is hung with crimson Norwich damask; and the chairs and settees are of the same, mounted on black and gold frames. The works of art assembled in this rich apartment, are, in general, collected with an elegant taste, and highly deserve the notice of the connoisseur. The following occur among specimens of antique sculpture.

The eagle found in the gardens of Boccapadugli, within the precinct of Caracalla's baths at Rome, in the year 1742. This is one of the finest pieces of Greek sculpture extant. The boldness, and yet great finishing, of this statue, are justly observed by Lord Orford to be incomparable. Gray has drawn the flagging wing in his ode on the Progress of Poesy.*

Vespasian, in basaltes, a fine bust, purchased from the collection of Cardinal Ottoboni for the small sum of 221.

A statue of Democrates.

Busts of Tiberius; Marcus Aurelius; Domitilla, wife of Vespasian, exceedingly rare; a Camillus, or sacrificing priest; Julia Mesa; Faustina, senior; and Antonia Claudii Mater; very rare.

There are likewise many small antique bronzes, formerly possessed by Dr. Conyers Middleton, whose whole collection of bronzes, Roman lamps, &c. was purchased by Lord Orford. Among the pictures, the undermentioned will be viewed with considerable interest.

The marriage of Henry VII. and Elizabeth of York, by Mabuse. This curious picture is on board, and represents the inside of a church. On one hand, on the foreground, standthe king and the Bishop of Imola, who pronounced the nuptial benediction.

Perching on the sceptred hand

Of Jove, thy magic lulls the feather'd king
With ruffled plumes and flagging wing;
Quench'd in dark clouds of slumber lie

The terrour of his beak and lightnings of his eye."
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benediction. Opposite to the bishop is the queen, a comely personage, with golden hair. By her is a male figure, disproportionately tall, with a spear in his hand. This is supposed to be intended for St. Thomas, who was probably the queen's chosen saint.

Sir Francis Walsingham, with a view of his house at Scadbury, in Kent, by Frederick Zucchero. This portrait is from Sir R. Walpole's collection, and is engraved by Houbraken among the illustrious heads.

George, Duke of Buckingham, by Rubens. It is observed by Lord Orford, that in this picture the garter is put on the wrong way.

Marguerite de Valois, Duchess of Savoy, by Antoniu More. She was sister of Henry II. of France, who was killed at the tournament for her wedding. This picture belonged to King Charles I.

Maria, second daughter of Sir Edward Walpole, "widow of James, Earl of Waldegrave, and wife of William Henry, Duke of Gloucester, brother of King George III." by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

James, Earl of Waldegrave, by the same master.

Frances Bridges, second wife of Thomas Cecil, Earl of Exeter, on whose left hand she refused to lie on his tomb in Westminster Abbey: an excellent portrait, by Vandyck.

A portrait of Alderman Leneve, of Norwich, by Sir Peter Lely, in his best style. This was supposed by Lord Orford to be the finest picture ever painted by Lely.

The wife of Alderman Leneve, by the same master.

Henry Jermyn, Earl of St. Alban's, favourite, and, as Sir John Reresby says, secoud husband of Queen Henrietta Maria: probably by Old Stone.

A young man's head, finely executed, by Giorgione. This picture was in the collection of Charles I.

Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, and Mary, Queen of France.

Frances,