This picture was painted for William III. during Peter the Great's visit to England, in the early part of 1698, and probably in the house in Norfolk Street, where he took up his residence and lived in close seclusion. It is considered one of the best portraits of the Czar extant, and well portrays "his stately form, his intellectual forehead, his piercing black eyes, and his Tartar nose and mouth." His age was then twenty-six years. He naturally excited the greatest curiosity, and became the principal topic of conversation. Every one was full of stories of him; "of the immense quantities of meat which he devoured, the pints of brandy which he drank, the fool who jabbered at his feet, the monkey which grinned at the back of his chair," and last, but not least, of his filthy habits. When he went to stay at Evelyn's house, Sayes Court, at Deptford, in order to more conveniently indulge in his favourite pursuit of shipbuilding, Evelyn's servant writes to him:--"There is a house full of people, and right nasty. The Czar lies next your Library, and dines in the parlour next your study. He dines at ten o'clock and six at night, is very seldom home a whole day, very often in the King's Yard or by water, dressed in several dresses." Evelyn himself afterwards remarked "how miserably the Czar had left his house, after three months making it his Court." Peter visited King William in Kensington Palace, as we have noted in our "Historical Sketch," and as we shall notice again in our account of the King's Gallery. 12 King William III . . . . . KNELLER. Full-length, in royal garter robes; his left hand by his sword, his right on his hip. The crown and orb are on a table on his left; pillars and a curtain behind. This is a companion piece to the portrait of Queen Mary at the other end of this gallery. 13 Portrait of Mrs. Elliott . . . . . JOHN RILEY. Half-length, seated; turned to the left, but facing in front. She is dressed in black; her right hand rests on the arm of the chair; she holds a handkerchief on her lap in her left. This was in Queen Anne's catalogue, No. 331:--"Mrs. Elliott at half-length." It is a good specimen of a portrait-painter who flourished in the time of Charles II. and James II., and whose talents have hardly had justice done them. Mrs. Elliott was the wife of Mr. Elliott, Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II., and sister to Secretary Craggs. 14 Two Daughters of George II . . . . . MAINGAUD.