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).
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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]