The Youth, who, led by WISDOM’S guiding Hand,
Seeks VIRTUE’S Temple, and her Laws Reveres:
He, he alone, in HONOUR’S Dome shall Stand,
Crown’d with Rewards, & rais’d above his Peers.
The design is very ambitious, but is rather poor in execution.
[268.] Farmington. Village Library.
Library Interior. A young lady, very prim, and exceptionally neat and austere in her virtuous demeanor, sits upright in a chair beside a table, on which a few books are laid, and an ink-pot with the quill in it. An open case of books on the wall, a closed writing-desk under it, and a print of Washington complete the furniture of the room. Out of the window can be seen the inspiring sight of a steep hill, upon the summit of which the pillared Temple of Honor stands.
The following verse is given:—
Beauties in vain their pretty eyes may roll:
Charms strike the sense, but merit wins the soul.
[269.] Fauquier. Francis Fauquier. Esqr.
Armorial. Chippendale. No motto. Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia from 1758 to his death in 1768. Regarded by Jefferson as the ablest executive of Virginia. Illustrated in “Art Amateur,” May, 1894.
[270.] Fendall. Philip Richard Fendall.