The copyright of all the illustrations in this volume is strictly reserved by the author on behalf of the respective owners of the miniatures.

ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOUR.

Plate
[II.] ["Queen Elizabeth." By Nicholas Hilliard.]
[IV.]["A son of Sir Kenelm Digby." By Isaac Oliver (1632).]
["]["Frederick, King of Bohemia." By Isaac Oliver.]
["]["Queen of Bohemia." By Isaac Oliver.]
[V.]["The Duke of Buckingham." By John Hoskins, the Elder.]
[VIII.]["Colonel Lilburne" (1618-1657). By Samuel Cooper.]
["]["Viscountess Fauconberg, daughter of Oliver Cromwell." By Samuel Cooper.]
[IX.]["Miss Christian Temple." By or after Samuel Cooper.]
["]["Rachel Fane, Countess of Bath and later of Middlesex" (1612-1680). By David des Granges.]
[X.]["John Milton." Artist unknown.]
[XI.]["George, Prince of Denmark." By Christian Richter.]
[XIII.]["Viscountess St. Asaph (née Lady Charlotte Percy), second wife of George, Viscount St. Asaph, afterwards third Earl of Ashburnham." By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XV.]["Lucy, wife of William H. Nassau, fourth Earl of Rochford." By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XVI.]["H.R.H. Princess Charlotte of Wales" (1796-1817) By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XVII.]["Henry Tufton, eleventh and last Earl of Thanet" (1775-1849). By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XIX.]["The Hon. Edward Percival, second son of John, second Earl of Egmont" (1744-1824). By John Smart (1801).]
["]["The Hon. Mrs. Edward Percival." By John Smart.]
[XX.]["Earl Beauchamp." By George Engleheart (1805).]
[XXII.]["Mrs. Sainthill." By George Engleheart.]
["]["John Jelliard Brundish, M.A., Smith Prizeman and Senior Wrangler in 1773." By George Engleheart.]
[XXV.]["Elizabeth, Margaret Caroline, and Antoinette, daughters of John Ellis, Esq., of Hurlingham, Middlesex, and Jamaica." By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXVI.]["Selina Plimer." By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXVII.]["The Sisters Rushout." By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXVIII.]["Mrs. Bailey, wife of Lieutenant Bailey, who was present at the storming of Seringapatam in 1799." By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXIX.]["Sir Charles Kent, Bart., as a child." By Andrew Plimer (1786).]
["]["Mrs. Dawes." By Nathaniel Plimer (1798).]
[XXX.]["Charlotte, Duchess of Albany, daughter of Charles Edward Stuart by Clementina, tenth daughter of John Walkenshaw" (1753-1789). By Ozias Humphry.]
["]["Mary, wife of the eighth Earl of Thanet" (ob. 1778). By Ozias Humphry.]
[XXXI.]["Lieutenant Lygon." By John Smart, jun. (1803).]
[XXXII.]["Lady Mary Elizabeth Nugent, afterwards Marchioness of Buckingham, and in her own right, Baroness Nugent" (ob. 1812). By Horace Hone.]
["]["The Rt. Hon. William Pitt." By Horace Hone.]
[XXXIII. ]["Miss Vincent." By Vaslet of Bath.]
[XXXIV.]["The Countess of Jersey." By Sir George Hayter (1819).]
[XXXV.]["Louis XIV." By Jean Petitot, the Elder.]
[XL.]["The Empress Josephine." By Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
["]["The Empress Marie Louise." By Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
[XLI.]["Catharine, Countess Beauchamp." By Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
[XLII.]["Fürstin Katharina Bagration Skawronska." By Jean Baptiste Isabey (1812).]
[XLV.]["Madame Récamier." By J. B. Jacques Augustin.]
[XLVI.]["Marie Antoinette." By M. V. Costa.]
[XLVII.]["Princess Pauline Borghese." By B. Anguissola.]
[XLVIII.]["Prince Franz W. Hohenlohe." By Heinrich Friedrich Füger.]
[XLIX.]["Portrait of a Lady—name unknown." By Heinrich Friedrich Füger (circa 1790).]
[L.]["Empress Maria Theresia, second wife of the Emperor Francis I. of Austria." By Heinrich Friedrich Füger.]
[LI.]["Marie Theresia, Countess von Dietrichstein." By Heinrich Friedrich Füger.]
[LII.]["Fürstin Anna Liechtenstein-Khevenhuller." By Heinrich Friedrich Füger (circa 1795).]
[LIII.]["Portrait of the Artist." By Giovanni Battista de Lampi.]
[LIV.]["Gräfin Sophie Nariskine." By Moritz Michael Daffinger (circa 1835).]
[LV.]["Portrait of a Lady—name unknown." By Emanuel Peter.]
["]["Gräfin Sidonie Potoçka-de Ligne." By Emanuel Peter (circa 1820).]
[LVI.]["Portrait of the Artist" (1793-1865). By Ferdinand Georg Waldmüller.]

ILLUSTRATIONS IN MONOTONE.

Plate
[I.] ["Mrs. Pemberton." By Hans Holbein.]
[III.]["Philip II., King of Spain." By Isaac Oliver.]
["]["Mary, Queen of Scots." By Nicholas Hilliard.]
["]["Queen Anne of Denmark." By Isaac Oliver.]
[VI.] ["Queen Henrietta Maria." By John Hoskins, the Elder.]
[VII.]["Charles II." By Samuel Cooper.]
["]["John, Earl of Loudoun." (1598-1662). By Samuel Cooper.]
[XII.] ["Madame du Barry " (1746-1793). By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XIV.]["Lady Augusta Murray, wife of the Duke of Sussex." By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
["]["Henrietta, Lady Duncannon, afterwards Countess of Bessborough" (ob. 1821). By Richard Cosway, R.A.]
[XVIII.]["Sir Charles Oakeley" (1751-1826). By John Smart.]
["]["Portrait of a Lady—name unknown." By John Smart.]
[XXI.] ["Miss Mary Berry." By George Engleheart.]
[XXIII.] ["Rebecca, Lady Northwick" (ob. 1818). By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXIV.]["The Hon. Harriet Rushout" (ob. 1851). By Andrew Plimer.]
["]["The Hon. Anne Rushout" (ob. 1849). By Andrew Plimer.]
["]["The Hon. Elizabeth Rushout" (ob. 1862). By Andrew Plimer.]
[XXXVI.]["Charles I." By P. Prieur.]
["]["Mary, Duchess of Richmond and Lenox" (1623-1685). By Jean Petitot, the Elder (1643).]
[XXXVII.]["Madame Dupin" (ob. 1799). By Jean Marc Nattier.]
["]["The Countess Sophie Potoçki" (ob. 1822). By P. A. Hall.]
["]["La Princesse de Lamballe" (ob. 1792). By P. A. Hall.]
[XXXVIII.]["Portrait of a Boy—name unknown." By Jean Honoré Fragonard.]
["]["Portrait of a Lady—name unknown." By Pierre Pasquier (1786).]
[XXXIX.]["A Grand-daughter of Nattier, the Artist." By Louis Sicardi.]
["]["La Marquise de Villette" ("Belle et Bonne"). By Garriot.]
[XLIII.]["La Princesse de Lieven (née Dorothy Benckendorff)" (1784-1857). By E. W. Thompson.]
["]["Queen Hortense and her son, afterwards Napoleon III." (1808-1873). By Jean Baptiste Isabey.]
[XLIV.]["Madame de Boufflers" (1725-1800). By J. B. Jacques Augustin.]
["]["The Father of Madame Seguin." By J. B. Jacques Augustin.]