[25] “Vanderdoort, who had the charge of Charles I.’s collection, hung himself because a miniature by Gibson was missing at the moment.”—Walpole.
[26] Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits,” p. 86.
[27] See Vehse’s “Court of Prussia,” p. 226.
[28] Prescott and Robertson, “History of the Reign of Charles V.,” vol. ii. pp. 526-529; Vehse’s “Memoirs of the Court of Prussia,” p. 83.
[29] Dr. Doran’s “Monarchs Retired from Business,” 1857, vol. i. p. 316.
[30] “Romance of the Empress,” vol. ii. p. 181.
[31] See Dr. Doran’s “Table Traits.”
[32] See Wood’s “Letters of Royal Ladies,” vol. ii. p. 311.
[33] See Eccleston’s “Introduction to English Antiquities,” pp. 310-311.
[34] Lord Orford’s Works, vol. i. p. 149.