London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round ItAnonymous
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London and Its Environs Described, vol. 2 (of 6): Containing an Account of Whatever is Most Remarkable for Grandeur, Elegance, Curiosity or Use, in the City and in the Country Twenty Miles Round It
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London (England) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; London (England) -- Gazetteers -- Early works to 1800
DEVONSHIRE HOUSE, in Piccadilly, is the residence of his Grace the
Duke of Devonshire when in London. The house is built principally of
brick, and though plain is very elegant and well proportioned, and
the rooms of state are very rich and magnificent. The offices on
each side are properly subordinate to the house, so as to make a
consistent whole. The collection of pictures, with which this house
is adorned, is surpassed by very few either at home or abroad; of
which the following is an exact list.
In the great Withdrawing Room.
Moses and the burning bush, Jac. Bassan. Landscape, Claude Lorrain.
An historical subject, Paul Veronese.
Moses in the bullrushes, Van Dyck.
Wise men offering, P. Veronese.
Archbishop of Spoletto, Tintoret.
Cleopatra, Luca Giordano.
Family Piece, Dobson.
Arthur Goodwin, Van Dyck.
A Lady, its companion, ditto.
Diana and Acteon, figures C. Marat,
Landscape G. Poussin.
Joseph and his mistress, Carlo Cignani.
Solomon and the Q. of Sheba, Le Sueur.
Landscape, St. John in the wilderness, Titian.
Sine Baccho & Cerere friget Venus, Albano.
Two Portraits, Lord Falkland and Col. Cavendish, Van Dyck.
A drunken conversation, M. Angelo Caravaggio.
Susannah and the Elders, Annib. Carrache.
Jacob’s ladder, Salvator Rosa.
A holy family, Titian.
In the second Drawing Room.
A holy family with boys, N. Poussin.
Christ and the woman of Samaria, F. Mola.
An old man in a Turkish dress, Rembrant.
A ruin, N. Poussin.
An emblematic picture, Andrea Sacchi.
Venus and Cupid, L. Giordano.
A portrait, Tintoret.
Portrait of an Abbess, over the door, Van Dyck.
Angel and Tobit, C. Marat.
Holy family, A. del Sarto.
Death of St. Peter, over the chimney, Donato Creti.
A piece of ruins, Viviano.
A portrait, Titian.
Two round landscapes, G. Poussin.
A woman and child, portraits, Van Dyck.
Head of a Saint, L. Giordano.
Adam and Eve, Domenichino.
A woman Saint taken up to heaven, Lanfranc.
Two circular landscapes, G. Poussin.
Andromeda, Guido.
Head of a Saint, M. Angelo Caravaggio.
Et in Arcadio Ego, N. Poussin.
In the third Withdrawing Room.
A beggar boy with a bird’s nest, Amoroso.
Two portraits, one of Titian, the other Carlo Cignani by himself.
Sampson and Dalilah, Tintoret.
Two landscapes, F. Mola.
A holy family, C. Marat.
A landscape, G. Poussin.
A perspective view, Viviano.
A holy family, Guercino.
Whole length of Philip of Spain, Titian.
Whole length, Tintoret.
Holy family, over the chimney, Rubens.
Two battle pieces, Bourgognone.
Virgin and child, Cantarini.
Jacob wrestling with the Angel, S. Rosa.
David and Goliath, its companion, ditto.
Landscape, P. da Cortona.
Moses rescues the Priest of Midian’s daughters from the fury of the
shepherds, Ciro Ferri.
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