PLATE I
Plate I
 
MRS. PEMBERTON
BY HANS HOLBEIN

From the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE II

 

Plate II
 
QUEEN ELIZABETH
BY NICHOLAS HILLIARD

From the cabinet of a well-known collector

 


 

PLATE III

 

 
 
PHILLIP II., KING OF SPAIN
BY ISAAC OLIVER
 
 
 
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS
BY NICHOLAS HILLIARD
 
 
QUEEN ANN OF DENMARK
BY ISAAC OLIVER

All from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE IV

 

 
 
A SON OF SIR KENELM DIGBY
BY ISAAC OLIVER (1632)
 
 
 
FREDERICK, KING OF BOHEMIA
BY ISAAC OLIVER
 
 
THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA
BY ISAAC OLIVER

All from the collection of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, Bart., M.P.

 


 

PLATE V

 

Plate V
 
THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
BY JOHN HOSKINS, THE ELDER

From the cabinet of a well-known collector

 


 

PLATE VI

 

Plate VI
 
QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA
BY JOHN HOSKINS, THE ELDER

From the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE VII

 

Plate VIIa
 
CHARLES II
BY SAMUEL COOPER

 

Plate VIIb
 
JOHN, EARL OF LOUDOUN
(1598-1662
BY SAMUEL COOPER

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE VIII

 

Plate VIIIa
 
COLONEL LILBURNE
(1618-1657)
BY SAMUEL COOPER

 

Plate VIIIb
 
VISCOUNTESS FAUCONBERG, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER CROMWELL
BY SAMUEL COOPER

Both from the collection of Mr. E. M. Hodgkins

 


 

PLATE IX

 

Plate IXa
 
MISS CHRISTIAN TEMPLE
BY OR AFTER SAMUEL COOPER

From the collection of the Rt. Hon. Sir Charles Dilke, Bart., M.P.

 

Plate IXb
 
RACHEL FANE, COUNTESS OF BATH AND LATER OF MIDDLESEX
(1612-1680)
BY DAVID DES GRANGES

From the collection of Mr. E. M. Hodgkins

 


 

PLATE X

 

Plate X
 
JOHN MILTON
ARTIST UNKNOWN

From the collection of Dr. G. C. Williamson

 


 

PLATE XI

 

Plate XI
 
GEORGE, PRINCE OF DENMARK
BY CHRISTIAN RICHTER

From the collection of Mr. E. M. Hodgkins

 


 

PLATE XII

 

Plate XII
 
MADAME DU BARRY
(1746-1793)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

From the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XIII

 

Plate XIII
 
VISCOUNTESS ST. ASAPH (NÉE LADY CHARLOTTE PERCY)
SECOND WIFE OF GEORGE, VISCOUNT ST. ASAPH, AFTERWARDS
THIRD EARL OF ASHBURNHAM
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XIV

 

Plate XIVa
 
LADY AUGUSTA MURRAY WIFE OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

 

Plate XIVb
 
HENRIETTA, LADY DUNCANNON
AFTERWARDS COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH
(Os. 1821)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XV

 

Plate XV
 
LUCY, WIFE OF WILLIAM H. NASSAU, FOURTH EARL OF ROCHFORD
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XVI

 

Plate XVI
 
H.R.H. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES
(1796-1817)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XVII

 

Plate XVII
 
HENRY TUFTON, ELEVENTH AND LAST EARL OF THANET
(1775-1849)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XVIII

 

 
SIR CHARLES OAKELEY
(1751-1826)
BY JOHN SMART
                                                               
 
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
(NAME UNKNOWN)
BY JOHN SMART

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XIX

 

 
THE HON. EDWARD PERCIVAL,
SECOND SON OF JOHN, SECOND EARL OF EGMONT
(1744-1824)
BY JOHN SMART (1801)
                               
 
THE HON. MRS. EDWARD PERCIVAL
BY JOHN SMART

 

Both from the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XX

 

Plate XX
 
EARL BEAUCHAMP
BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1805)

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 


 

PLATE XXI

 

Plate XXI
 
MISS MARY BERRY
BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART

From the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXII

 

Plate XXiia
 
MRS. SAINTHILL
BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART

 

Plate XXIIb
 
JOHN JELLIARD BRUNDISH, M.A.
SMITH PRIZEMAN AND SENIOR WRANGLER IN 1773
BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART

Both from the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXIII

 

Plate XXIII
 
REBECCA, LADY NORTHWICK
(Ob. 1818)
BY ANDREW PLIMER

From the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXIV

 

 
 
THE HON. HARRIET RUSHOUT
(Ob. 1851)
BY ANDREW PLIMER
 
 
 
THE HON. ANNE RUSHOUT
(Ob. 1849)
BY ANDREW PLIMER
 
 
THE HON. ELIZABETH RUSHOUT
(Ob. 1862
BY ANDREW PLIMER

All from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXV

 

 

ELIZABETH, MARGARET CAROLINE AND ANTOINETTE, DAUGHTERS OF JOHN ELLIS, ESQ.
OF HURLINGHAM, MIDDLESEX AND JAMAICA
BY ANDREW PLIMER

All from the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXVI

 

Plate XXVI
 
SELINA PLIMER
BY ANDREW PLIMER

From the collection of Dr. G.C. Williamson

 


 

PLATE XXVII

 

Plate XXVII
 
THE SISTERS RUSHOUT
BY ANDREW PLIMER

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXVIII

 

Plate XXVIII
 
MRS. BAILEY, WIFE OF LIEUTENANT BAILEY, WHO WAS PRESENT
AT THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM IN 1799
BY ANDREW PLIMER

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXIX

 

Plate XXIXa
 
SIR CHARLES KENT, BART., AS A CHILD
BY ANDREW PLIMER (1786)

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 

Plate XXIXb
 
MRS. DAWES
BY NATHANIEL PLIMER (1798)

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXX

 

Plate XXXa
 
CHARLOTTE, DUCHESS OF ALBANY, DAUGHTER OF
CHARLES EDWARD STUART BY CLEMENTINA,
TENTH DAUGHTER OF JOHN WALKENSHAW
(1753-1789)
BY OZIAS HUMPHRY

 

Plate XXXb
 
MARY, WIFE OF THE EIGHTH EARL OF THANET
(Ob. 1778)
BY OZIAS HUMPHRY

Both from the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXXI

 

Plate XXXI
 
LIEUTENANT LYGON
BY JOHN SMART, JUN. (1803)

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 


 

PLATE XXXII

 

Plate XXXIIa
 
LADY MARY ELIZABETH NUGENT, AFTERWARDS MARCHIONESS
OF BUCKINGHAM, AND IN HER OWN RIGHT,
BARONESS NUGENT
(Ob. 1812)
BY HORACE HONE

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 

Plate XXXIIb
 
THE RT. HON. WILLIAM PITT
BY HORACE HONE

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 


 

PLATE XXXIII

 

Plate XXXIII
 
MISS VINCENT
BY VASLET OF BATH

From the collection of Lord Hothfield

 


 

PLATE XXXIV

 

Plate XXXIV
 
THE COUNTESS OF JERSEY
BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER (1819)

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 


 

PLATE XXXV

 

Plate XXXV
 
LOUIS XIV
BY JEAN PETITOT, THE ELDER

From the collection of Mr. J. Ward Usher

 


 

PLATE XXXVI

 

Plate XXXVIa
 
CHARLES I.
BY P. PRIEUR

 

Plate XXXVIb
 
MARY, DUCHESS OF RICHMOND AND LENOX
(1623-1685)
BY JEAN PETITOT THE ELDER (1643)

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXXVII

 

 
 
MADAME DUPIN
(Ob. 1799)
BY JEAN MARC NATTIER
 
 
 
THE COUNTESS SOPHIE POTOCKI
(Ob. 1822)
BY P. A. HALL
 
 
LA PRINCESSE DE LAMBALLE
(Ob. 1792)
BY P. A. HALL

All from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXXVIII

 

Plate XXXVIIIa
 
PORTRAIT OF A BOY
(NAME UNKNOWN)
BY JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD

 

Plate XXXVIIIb
 
PORTRAIT OF A LADY
(NAME UNKNOWN)
BY PIERRE PASQUIER (1786)

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XXXIX

 

Plate XXXIXa
 
A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF NATTIER, THE ARTIST
BY LOUIS SICARDI

 

Plate XXXIXb
 
LA MARQUISE DE VILLETTE
("BELLE ET BONNE")
BY GARRIOT

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XL

 

 
THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY
                                                               
 
THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Ward Usher

 


 

PLATE XLI

 

Plate XLI
 
CATHARINE, COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY

From the collection of Lady Maria Ponsonby

 


 

PLATE XLII

 

Plate XLII
 
FÜRSTIN KATHARINA BAGRATION SKAWRONSKA
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY (1812)

From the collection of Fürst Franz Auersperg

 


 

PLATE XLIII

 

 
LA PRINCESSE DE LIEVEN
(NÉE DOROTHY BENCKENDORFF)
(1784-1857)
BY E. W. THOMPSON
                                                               
 
QUEEN HORTENSE AND HER SON,
AFTERWARDS NAPOLEON III
(1808-1873)
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY
 

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XLIV

 

Plate XLIVa
 
MADAME DE BOUFFLERS
(1725-1800)
BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN

 

Plate XLIVb
 
THE FATHER OF MADAME SEGUIN
BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN

Both from the collection of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan

 


 

PLATE XLV

 

Plate XLV
 
MADAME RÉCAMIER
BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN

From the collection of Mr. J. Ward Usher

 


 

PLATE XLVI

 

Plate XLVI
 
MARIE ANTOINETTE
BY M. V. COSTA

From the collection of Mr. J. Ward Usher

 


 

PLATE XLVII

 

Plate XLVII
 
PRINCESS PAULINE BORGHESE
BY B. ANGUISSOLA

From the collection of Mr. J. Ward Usher

 


 

PLATE XLVIII

 

Plate XLVIII
 
PRINCE FRANZ W. HOHENLOHE
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE XLIX

 

Plate XLIX
 
PORTRAIT OF A LADY—NAME UNKNOWN
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (CIRCA 1790)

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE L

 

Plate L
 
EMPRESS MARIA THERESIA, SECOND WIFE OF THE EMPEROR FRANCIS I OF AUSTRIA
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE LI

 

Plate LI
 
MARIE THERESIA, COUNTESS VON DIETRICHSTEIN
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE LII

 

Plate LII
 
FÜRSTIN ANNA LIECHTENSTEIN-KHEVENHÜLLER
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (CIRCA 1795)

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE LIII

 

Plate LIII
 
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LAMPI

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE LIV

 

Plate LIV
 
GRÄFIN SOPHIE NARISKINE
BY MORITZ MICHAEL DAFFINGER (CIRCA 1835)

From the collection of Gräfin Emma Wilczek-Emo-Capodilista

 


 

PLATE LV

 

 
PORTRAIT OF A LADY—NAME UNKNOWN
BY EMANUEL PETER
                                                               
 
GRÄFIN SIDONIE POTOCKA—DE LIGNE
BY EMANUEL PETER

From the Figdor collection

 


 

PLATE LVI

 

Plate LVI
 
PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST
(1793-1885)
BY FERDINAND GEORG WALDMÜLLER

From the Figdor Collection

 


 

Transcriber's Note:

Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.