Produced by The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Jon Ingram, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team THE MIRROR OF LITERATURE, AMUSEMENT, AND INSTRUCTION. * * * * * [NO. 321.] SATURDAY, JULY 5, 1828. [PRICE 2d.] * * * * * EATON HALL, CHESHIRE, _The Seat of the Rt. Hon. Earl Grosvenor_. [Illustration] This mansion is a princely specimen of Gothic architecture; and is in every respect calculated for the residence of its noble possessor, whose taste and munificence in patronizing the Fine Arts are well known to our readers. Nevertheless, it is worthy of special remark, that not only is the name of GROSVENOR conspicuous in this patronage, but his lordship has further evinced his love of art in the construction of one of the most splendid buildings in the whole empire,--the present mansion having been completed within a few years.[1] Here the noble founder seems to have realized all that the ingenious Sir Henry Wotton considered requisite for a man's "house and home--the theatre of his hospitality, the seat of self-fruition, a kind of PRIVATE PRINCEDOM; nay, to the possessors thereof, an epitome of the whole world." [1] At this moment, Earl Grosvenor has in progress a splendid gallery for the reception of his superb collection of pictures, adjoining his town mansion, in Grosvenor-street. This is one of the few "Private Collections" to which, through the good taste and courtesy of the proprietor, the public are admitted, on specified days, and under certain restrictions. The nucleus of Earl Grosvenor's collection, was the purchase of Mr. Agar's pictures for L30,000; since which it has been enlarged, till it has at length become one of the finest in England. In the drawing-room at Eaton are, _Our Saviour on the Mount of Olives_, by Claude Lorraine, which is the largest painting known to have been executed by him; and _A Port in the Mediterranean_, by Vernet. In the dining-room, _Rubens with his Second Wife_; by himself; and _The Judgment of Paris_, a copy, by Peters, after Rubens. In the dressing-room of the state bed-room, _David and Abigail_, also by Rubens. Over the ornamented chimney-pieces of the hall are, West's _Dissolution of the Long Parliament_, and _The Landing of Charles the Second_.