THE PICTURES AT HAMPTON COURT
From The London Magazine, June 1823.
The previous article in the series ended with the words:—‘We shall break off here, and give some account of the Cartoons at Hampton Court in our next, as we do not like them to come in at the fag-end of an article.’
42. Fine by degrees. Prior, Henry and Emma, 432.
[44]. Calm contemplation and majestic pains.
Cf. ‘Calm pleasures there abide—majestic pains.’
Wordsworth’s Laodamia, 72.
and ‘Calm contemplation and poetic ease.’
Thomson’s Autumn, 1275.
[46]. The seasons’ difference. As You Like It, Act II. Sc. 1.
Through their looped and tattered ‘wretchedness. Cf. ‘Your loop’d and windowed raggedness.’ King Lear, Act III. Sc. 4.
Sir James Thornhill. He copied the cartoons at Hampton Court, decorated Greenwich, and was much employed by Queen Anne. He was knighted in 1720 by George I. (1675–1734).
[47]. Like to those hanging locks. Fletcher, The Faithful Shepherdess, I. 2.
[48]. Dwelleth not in temples. Acts vii. 48.
In act to speak. Pope, The Temple of Fame, 241.