J. J. FOSTER.
London,
Easter, 1908.
[CONTENTS]
| PREFACE | [9] | |
| LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS | [13] | |
| BIBLIOGRAPHY | [17] | |
| I. | ON COLLECTING MINIATURES AND THE CARE OF THEM | [19] |
| II. | ORIGIN OF MINIATURES, AND A METHOD OF PAINTING THEM | [43] |
| III. | CONCERNING ENAMELS AND ENAMEL PAINTERS | [63] |
| IV. | HOLBEIN, AND EARLY MINIATURE PAINTERS | [95] |
| V. | NICHOLAS HILLIARD | [123] |
| VI. | THE OLIVERS AND HOSKINS | [145] |
| VII. | SAMUEL COOPER | [171] |
| VIII. | PETITOT | [191] |
| IX. | SOME GEORGIAN ARTISTS | [211] |
| X. | COSWAY AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES | [229] |
| XI. | THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL | [261] |
| XII. | ROYAL AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS | [279] |
| XIII. | PUBLIC COLLECTIONS | [301] |
| XIV. | THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF MINIATURE PAINTERS | [325] |
| CONCLUSION | [361] | |
| INDEX | [367] |
[ILLUSTRATIONS]
| Frontispiece. | |
| Portrait of a Lady, by J. Mansion (Wallace Collection). | |
| PAGE | |
| Chapter I.--On Collecting Miniatures and the Care of Them. | |
| Lady Villiers and Katharine, Fifth Duchess of Leeds, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Col. W. H. Walker) | [23] |
| Louisa of Stolberg, a Jacobite badge (A. Lang, Esq.) Mr. Barbor and the Barbor Jewel (Victoria and Albert Museum). Charles I. in his own hair (Shelley family) | [29] |
| Queen Elizabeth (Harcourt family). Miss Pretyman, by R. Cosway, R.A. (J. Davison, Esq.) | [37] |
| Chapter II.—Origin of Miniatures, and a Method of Painting Them. | |
| A Philospher, Fifteenth-century Missal (Wallace Collection) | [47] |
| Sir Walter Raleigh and Walter Raleigh, jun., unknown (Duke of Rutland) | [51] |
| Back of the Enamel Case containing the Raleigh Portraits (Duke of Rutland) | [55] |
| Sir John Hatton and his Mother, ascribed to Lucas de Heere (Earl Spencer) | [59] |
| Chapter III.—Concerning Enamels and Enamel Painters. | |
| C. F. Zincke and his wife, after J. Hysing | [67] |
| Jeremiah Meyer, R.A., after Dance. Nathaniel Hone, R.A., by Himself | [71] |
| Thomas Howard, by Sir A. More (Duke of Norfolk). Edmond Butts, by John Bettes (National Gallery) | [77] |
| Henry Brandon, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Hans Holbein the Younger, by Himself (from a drawing at Basle). Charles Brandon, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King) | [81] |
| A Burgomaster, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Lady Audley, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King) | [85] |
| Catharine of Arragon, by Hans Holbein the Younger. Henry VIII., by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King). Henry, Duke of Richmond, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King) | [91] |
| Chapter IV.—Holbein, and Early Miniature Painters. | |
| Nicholas Hilliard, by Himself (from Penshurst). Lady Mary Sidney, by N. Hilliard (Harcourt family) | [99] |
| Henry VII., by N. Hilliard (H.M. the King). Charles the First when Prince of Wales, by Isaac Oliver (Duke of Rutland). Spenser (Lord Fitzhardinge) | [103] |
| Isaacus Oliverus, Anglus Pictor (from a print in the British Museum) | [107] |
| Venetia, Lady Digby, by I. Oliver (Burdett-Coutts Collection). I. Oliver, by Himself (H.M. the King) | [111] |
| Sir Kenelm Digby and Venetia, Lady Digby, by Peter Oliver (Burdett-Coutts Collection) | [115] |
| Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset, by Isaac Oliver. Peter Oliver, after Sir A. Van Dyck. Arabella Stuart, by Peter Oliver (Capt. J. H. Edwards, Heathcote) | [119] |
| Chapter V.—Nicholas Hilliard. | |
| Charles I., by John Hoskins (H.M. the King). Duke of Buckingham, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King) | [126] |
| Oliver Cromwell, by S. Cooper (Duke of Devonshire). Oliver Cromwell, by S. Cooper (Duke of Sutherland) | [129] |
| George Monck, Duke of Albemarle, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King) | [133] |
| Duchess of Cleveland, by S. Cooper (Countess of Caledon). O. Cromwell's Mother. Lady Leigh, by S. Cooper (Sackville Bale Collection) | [137] |
| Sir John King, by Aleander Cooper (H.M. the King). S. Cooper, by Himself (Dyce Collection) | [141] |
| Chapter VI.—The Olivers and Hoskins. | |
| Petitot, by Himself. Mlle. Fontanges, by Petitot.Henrietta d'Orleans, by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection) | [151] |
| Louis XIV., by Petitot. Charles I., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection). James II., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection). Cardinal Mazarin, by Petitot (Earl of Carlisle). Cardinal Richelieu, by Petitot | [157] |
| Petitot le Vieu, by Petitot (Earl Dartrey). Petitot, from a print in the British Museum. Charles II., by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts Collection) | [163] |
| Chapter VII.—Samuel Cooper. | |
| Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, by S. Liotard. Amelia, Duchess of Leinster, after Sir Joshua Reynolds (Earl of Charlemont) | [174] |
| A Lady, unknown (Lord Tweedmouth). Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, by Gaspar Netscher (Charles Butler, Esq.) | [177] |
| Duchess of Hamilton, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby). Miss Kitty Mudge, by James Nion (Canon Raffles Flint) | [181] |
| Marchioness of Hertford, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Meynell-Ingram Collection). Portrait of a Gentleman, by S. Shelley (Miss Kendall). Lady Frances Radcliffe, by S. Collins (Earl of Carlisle) | [185] |
| Lady Elizabeth Hamilton, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby) | [189] |
| Chapter VIII.—Petitot. | |
| Richard and Maria Cosway, by R. Cosway, R.A. | [195] |
| Lady Caroline Howard, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle). William, fifth Duke of Devonshire, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle). Lady Horatio Seymour, by R. Cosway, R.A. | [199] |
| George IV. when Prince of Wales, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Shaftesbury family) | [203] |
| Lady Caroline Duncombe, by R. Cosway, R.A. (W. B. Stopford, Esq.). The Ladies Georgina and Harriet Cavendish, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle) | [207] |
| Chapter IX.—Some Georgian Artists. | |
| R. Cosway, R.A., by Himself (National Portrait Gallery) | [213] |
| Lady Hamilton (J. H. Anderdon, Esq.). Lady TheresaStrangways, by A. Plimer | [216] |
| Lady Orde, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Sir A. J. Campbell-Orde, Bart.) | [219] |
| Caroline of Anspach, by O. Humphrey, R.A. Lady Clive, by J. Smart (Earl of Powis). Portrait of a Lady, by J. Smart (Miss Kendall). Lord Clive, by J. Smart (Earl of Powis) | [223] |
| Ozias Humphrey, R.A., after G. Romney | [227] |
| Chapter X.—Cosway and his Contemporaries. | |
| Portrait of a Lady, by G. Engleheart (Col. W. H. Walker). Portrait of a Gentleman, by G. Engleheart (M. Viennot) | [233] |
| Portrait of a Gentleman, by W. Wood. Maria, Duchess of Coventry, unknown (J. G. Fanshawe, Esq.) | [239] |
| The Baroness Burdett-Coutts, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. | [243] |
| Countess of Leitrim, by A. Robertson. The Artist's Mother, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. | [249] |
| William Cobden, by R. Dudman. Millicent Amber, his Wife, by R. Dudman | [253] |
| Master Cobden, son of Richard Cobden | [257] |
| Chapter XI.—The Last of the Old School. | |
| Mary Stuart, by Janet (H.M. the King) | [265] |
| The Duke of Monmouth, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King) | [269] |
| Queen Charlotte, by Ozias Humphrey, R.A. (H.M. the King). James II., by S. Cooper (H.M. the King) | [273] |
| Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire, by R. Cosway, R.A. (H.M. the King) | [277] |
| Chapter XII.—Royal and Private Collections. | |
| Henry, Cardinal of York and Prince Charles Edward,unknown (H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany). Mme. de Montespan, by Petitot. Mary Stuart, from an enamel by H. Bone (Burdett-Coutts Collection) | [283] |
| Sir Kenelm Digby, Wife, and Sons, by Peter Oliver, after Sir A. van Dyck (Burdett-Coutts Collection) | [289] |
| Sir Philip Sidney, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King) | [295] |
| Chapter XIII.-Public Collections. | |
| The Dauphin, by Janet (H.M. the King). Napoleon I., by Chatillon (Duke of Wellington) | [305] |
| Portrait of Mirabeau, Anonymous (M. Gabriel Marceau). Portrait of a Lady, by P. A. Hall (Mme. de B.) | [311] |
| Portrait of the Painter C. J. Natoire, by J. B. Massé (M. Ed. Taigny) | [317] |
| Chapter XIV.—The French School of Miniature Painters. | |
| Benoit Boulouvard de Sainte Albine and Sister, by L. Sicardi (M. le Comte Allard du Chollet) | [329] |
| Mlle. Constance Mayer, by P. P. Prudhon (Eudoe-Marcille Collection) | [335] |
| Portrait of a Lady, by J. B. Augustin (M. Ed. Taigny). Portrait of a Young Lady, by J. Guérin (Mme. de Sainte Martin Valogne) | [341] |
| Mme. Henri Belmont, by L. F. Aubry (M. de Richter) | [347] |
| F. B. Isabey, by Himself (M. Ed. Taigny) | [353] |