"She gathered white lilies, the sweet honey-bell, But a rose bud she plucked, found a more favoured place." Engraved by F. R. Wagner. On canvas, 3 ft. 2 in. h. by 2 ft. w. This subject was treated several times by the same painter; the first example was exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1824. VERNON COLLECTION. HUYSMAN. JACOB or JAMES HUYSMAN was born at Antwerp in 1656. He was the pupil of Gilles Backereel, and settled in the latter part of the reign of Charles II. in England, where, notwithstanding the rivalry of Sir Peter Lely, he obtained considerable employment as a portrait-painter. He died in London in 1696. The portrait of Lady Byron, or Bellasys, among the "Windsor Beauties," now at Hampton Court, was painted by Huysman. No. 125. PORTRAIT OF IZAAK WALTON, the well-known author of the Complete Angler. He died in 1683, aged ninety. Small half-length. Engraved by P. Audinet in 1815; and by W. Humphreys in 1836.* On canvas, 2 ft. 6 in. h. by 2 ft. 1 in. w. Painted for the family of Mr. Walton, with which it remained until 1838, when it was bequeathed to the National Gallery, by the Rev. Dr. Herbert Hawes of Salisbury, one of his descendants. JACKSON. JOHN JACKSON, R.A., was born at Lastingham, in Yorkshire, in 1778. His father was a tailor, and he was himself brought up to that business. He hated his occupation, and having shown considerable ability for art, the unexpired period of his apprenticeship was purchased by Lord Mulgrave and Sir George Beaumont. The latter behaved with the greatest liberality and generosity to the young painter; he allowed him 50l. a year, and gave him an apartment in his house in town, to enable him to prosecute his studies in the Royal Academy. * In the edition of the Complete Angler, by Sir N. H. Nicolas. Jackson early obtained distinction as a portrait-painter; he became an Associate in 1815, and in 1817 was elected a member of the Royal Academy. In 1819 he visited Rome, in company with Sir F. Chantrey, and painted for him there a portrait of Canova. He was elected a member of the Academy of St. Luke at Rome. His taste in colouring and agreeable execution rendered him justly popular. He died at his house in St. John's Wood, June 1, 1831. Jackson's masterpiece is probably the portrait of Flaxman, which he painted for Lord Dover. There is a sombre grandeur, says Allan Cunningham, about this picture that awes one.* The portrait of Lady Dover, that of Canova already mentioned, and one of himself, are likewise among his best works. He contributed 147 pictures to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy. No. 124. PORTRAIT OF THE REV. WILLIAM HOLWELL CARR. Painted by his direction to be placed in the National Gallery, and bequeathed to the Gallery with the rest of his collection in 1831. Bust, on canvas, 2 ft. 6 in. h. by 2 ft. 1 in. w. No. 171. PORTRAIT OF SIR JOHN SOANE, KNT., the architect of the Bank of England, and the founder of the Soane Museum in Lincoln's Inn Fields. He was born in Reading in 1753, and died in London in 1837. Small half-length. On canvas, 2 ft. 6 in. h. by 2 ft. 1 in. w. Presented to the National Gallery by the Governors of the British Institution, in 1839. No. 326. PORTRAIT OF MISS STEPHENS, formerly of the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, afterwards Countess of Essex. She holds a piece of music in her hands, in allusion to her great reputation as a public singer, previous to her marriage with the late Earl of Essex. Engraved by G. Stoddart. On canvas, 2 ft. 5 in. h. by 2 ft.in. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1822. TION. VERNON COLLEC * Cunningham, Lives of the most Eminent British Painters, &c. ALEXANDER JOHNSTON. No. 449. DR. TILLOTSON ADMINISTERING THE SACRAMENT TO WILLIAM LORD RUSSELL AT THE TOWER, the day previous to his execution. His wife, Lady Rachael Russell, and Dr. Burnet are also present. Dr. Tillotson became afterwards Archbishop of Canterbury. "Russell, who appears to have been guilty of no offence falling within the definition of high treason, was beheaded in defiance of law and justice. He died with the fortitude of a Christian." Macaulay's History of England. Lord William Russell, who was accused of being concerned in the Rye House plot, was executed in Lincoln's Inn Fields, July the 21st,* 1683. An act, however, for annulling his attainder, was passed in the first year of William and Mary, 1686. Engraved by T. L. Atkinson; and by C. H. Jeens. On canvas, 3 ft. 7 in. h. by 5 ft. 2 in. w. Exhibited in the Royal Academy in 1845. VERNON COLLEC TION. www GEORGE JONES, R.A. No. 389. THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE; Nebuchadnezzar pointing to Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego walking in the Furnace : "Then Nebuchadnezzar, the king, was astonished, and rose up in haste, and spake, and said unto his councillors, Did we not cast three men bound into the fire? They answered and said unto the king, True, O king. He answered and said, "Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God." Daniel iii. Engraved by J. B. Allen. 2 ft. 3 in. w. Under glass. On wood, 2 ft. 11 in. h. by Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1832. VERNON COLLEC TION. No. 390. LADY GODIVA PREPARING TO RIDE THROUGH COVENTRY. She is already mounted, under an archway, and attended by her women, who are undressing her. She rode undressed through the streets of the town to release * Introduction to the Life and Letters of Rachel, Lady Russell. the inhabitants from an offensive tax. Her body, says the old chronicle, was completely veiled by her long and thick tresses. * Engraved by J. B. Allen. On wood, 2 ft. 5 in. h. by 2 ft. w. Under glass. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1833. LECTION. VERNON COL No. 391. BATTLE OF THE BORODINO, September the 8th, 1812; to the right Napoleon dismounted is watching the result of an attack made on the great redoubt of the Russians. "A column of French infantry is ascending the eminence, supported by light cavalry on its left; and on its right cuirassiers are led by Caulaincourt, who forced the redoubt, but was slain in the struggle against the persevering courage of the Russians. On the left Murat is advancing and encouraging the troops."† Engraved by J. B. Allen. On canvas, 4 ft. h. by 7 ft. w. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1829. VERNON COLLEC TION. No. 392. TOWN HALL, UTRECHT: to the right is the tower of the Domkirk or Cathedral, from which may be seen twenty large towns. Engraved by E. Challis. On wood, 3 ft. h. by 2 ft. 4 in. w. Painted in 1829. VERNON COLLECTION. KAUFMANN. MARIA ANGELICA KAUFMANN or KAUFFMAN, R.A., the daughter of John Joseph Kaufmann, a painter of Schwarzenberg, near Bregenz, in the Vorarlberg, was born at Coire in the Grisons on the 30th of October 1741. Her father bestowed unusual care on her education, teaching her music and painting, himself. From 1754 until her mother's death at Milan in 1757 she resided with her family in Italy. In *“Nuda equum ascendens, crines capitis et tricas dissolvens, corpus suum totum præter crura candidissima inde velavit." Matthew of Westminster, anno 1057, p. 217. + Histoire de Napoléon et de la Grande-Armée pendant l'année 1812. By énéral Comte dé Segur. 1762 she returned with her father to Italy, visiting Florence, Rome, and Naples: she spent the greater part of 1764 in Rome, attracting great notice both for her portraits and musical accomplishments. The celebrated Winckelmann, in a letter to a friend, speaks in admiring terms of Angelica's acquirements, and especially of her facility in speaking the German, Italian, French, and English languages. In 1765 she visited Bologna and Venice, and in the following year came with Lady Wentworth to England, where she was received with great distinction; and upon the foundation of the Royal Academy in 1768 she was elected one of the original 36 members. Her father resided with her in England and exhibited several pictures at the Royal Academy. In 1781 she married Antonio Zucchi, a Venetian painter, and an associate of the Royal Academy in London, and left England a few days afterwards: in 1782 her father died; and in the following year, she retired with her husband to Rome, where she died, November 5, 1807, and was buried in Sant Andrea delle Fratte; having been a widow since 1795. The prints after her works are very numerous, amounting to several hundreds; and she engraved some plates herself*. Angelica Kaufmann contributed 82 pictures to the Royal Academy Exhibitions between 1769 and 1797 inclusive. No. 139. RELIGION ATTENDED BY THE VIRTUES. An allegorical composition of eleven figures; life-size. Engraved by W. H. Worthington. On canvas, 7 ft. h. by 9 ft. w. Painted in Rome for J. Forbes, Esq., and by him bequeathed to the National Gallery in 1835. KNELLER. SIR GODFREY KNELLER, BART., was born at Lübeck, August 8, 1646.† He studied in Holland under Rembrandt and Ferdinand Bol, and then visited Italy. He dwelt some * Vita di Angelica Kauffmann, Pittrice, scritta dal Cav. Giovanni Gherarde De Rossi. Flor. 1810. See also Lipowsky, Baierisches Künstler-Lexicon, vol. i. p. 233; compare Goethe, Winkelmann und sein Jahrhundert; Fiorillo. Geschichte der Malerei ; and Nagler, Künstler Lexicon. † Hamburgisches Künstler-Lexikon. Hamburg, 1854. |