From Andrew W. Tuer’s _History of the Hornbook_. This portrait has hung for two centuries in an Essex manor-house. Its date, 1661, is but nine years earlier than the portraits of the Gibbes children, and the dress is the same. The cavalier hat and cuffs are the only varying detail. INFANT’S CAP Tambour work, 1790. ELEANOR FOSTER Born, 1746. She married Dr. Nathaniel Coffin, of Portland, Me., and became the mother of the beautiful Martha, who married Richard C. Derby. This portrait was painted in 1755. It is owned by Mrs. Greely Stevenson Curtis of Boston, Mass. WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE From an old print. MRS. THEODORE S. SEDGWICK AND DAUGHTER. Mrs. Sedgwick was Pamela Dwight. This portrait was painted by Ralph Earle, and exhibits one of his peculiarities. The home of the subject of the portrait is shown through an open window, though the immediate surroundings are a room within the house. The child is Catherine M. Sedgwick, the poet. This painting is owned in Stockbridge by members of the family. INFANT CHILD OF FRANCIS HOPKINSON, THE SIGNER A drawing in crayon by the child’s father. The child carries a coral and bells. MARY SETON 1763. Died in 1800, aged forty. Married John Wilkes of New York. White frock and blue scarf. THE BOWDOIN CHILDREN Lady Temple and Governor James Bowdoin in childhood. The artist of this pleasing portrait is unknown. I think it was painted by Blackburn. It is now in the Walker Art Gallery, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me. Miss LYDIA ROBINSON Aged twelve years, daughter of Colonel James Robinson, Salem, Mass. Painted by M. Corné in 1808. Owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. KNITTED FLAXEN MITTENS These are knitted upon finest wire needles, of linen thread, which had been spun, and the flax raised and prepared by the knitter. MRS. ELIZABETH (LUX) RUSSELL AND DAUGHTER. CHRISTENING SHIRT AND MITTS OF GOVERNOR BRADFORD. White linen with pinched sleeves and chaney ruffles and fingertips. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. FLANDERS LACE MITTS These infant’s mitts were worn in the sixteenth century, and came to Salem with the first emigrants. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. INFANT’S ADJUSTABLE CAP This has curious shirring-strings to make it fit heads of various sizes. It is home spun and woven, and the lace edging is home knit. REV. JOHN P. DABNEY, WHEN A CHILD IN 1806 This portrait of a Salem minister in childhood is in jacket and trousers, with openwork collar and ruffles. It is now owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass. ROBERT GIBBES Born, 1665. This portrait is dated 1670. It is owned by Miss Sarah B. Hager of Kendal Green, Mass. NANKEEN BREECHES, WITH SILVER BUTTONS. 1790 RALPH IZARD, WHEN A LITTLE BOY