PLATE I
[Illustration: MRS. PEMBERTON BY HANS HOLBEIN
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE II
[Illustration: QUEEN ELIZABETH BY NICHOLAS HILLIARD
FROM THE CABINET OF A WELL-KNOWN COLLECTOR]
PLATE III
[Illustration: PHILIP II., KING OF SPAIN BY ISAAC OLIVER
MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS BY NICHOLAS HILLIARD
QUEEN ANNE OF DENMARK BY ISAAC OLIVER
ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE IV
[Illustration: A SON OF SIR KENELM DIGBY BY ISAAC OLIVER (1632)
FREDERICK, KING OF BOHEMIA BY ISAAC OLIVER
THE QUEEN OF BOHEMIA BY ISAAC OLIVER
ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES DILKE, BART., M.P.]
PLATE V
[Illustration: THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM BY JOHN HOSKINS, THE ELDER
FROM THE CABINET OF A WELL-KNOWN COLLECTOR]
PLATE VI
[Illustration: QUEEN HENRIETTA MARIA
BY JOHN HOSKINS, THE ELDER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE VII
[Illustration: CHARLES II BY SAMUEL COOPER
JOHN, EARL OF LOUDOUN (1598-1662) BY SAMUEL COOPER
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE VIII
[Illustration: COLONEL LILBURNE (1618-1657) BY SAMUEL COOPER
VISCOUNTESS FAUCONBERG, DAUGHTER OF OLIVER CROMWELL BY SAMUEL COOPER
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. E. M. HODGKINS]
PLATE IX
[Illustration: MISS CHRISTIAN TEMPLE BY OR AFTER SAMUEL COOPER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF THE RT. HON. SIR CHARLES DILKE, BART., M.P.
RACHEL FANE, COUNTESS OF BATH AND LATER OF MIDDLESEX (1612-1680)
BY DAVID DES GRANGES
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. E. M. HODGKINS]
PLATE X
[Illustration: JOHN MILTON ARTIST UNKNOWN
FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. G. C. WILLIAMSON]
PLATE XI
[Illustration: GEORGE, PRINCE OF DENMARK BY CHRISTIAN RICHTER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. E. M. HODGKINS]
PLATE XII
[Illustration: MADAME DU BARRY (1746-1793) BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XIII
[Illustration: VISCOUNTESS ST. ASAPH (_NÉE_ LADY CHARLOTTE PERCY) SECOND
WIFE OF GEORGE, VISCOUNT ST. ASAPH, AFTERWARDS THIRD EARL OF ASHBURNHAM
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XIV
[Illustration: LADY AUGUSTA MURRAY WIFE OF THE DUKE OF SUSSEX
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
HENRIETTA, LADY DUNCANNON AFTERWARDS COUNTESS OF BESSBOROUGH (Os. 1821)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XV
[Illustration: LUCY, WIFE OF WILLIAM H. NASSAU, FOURTH EARL OF ROCHFORD
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XVI
[Illustration: H.R.H. PRINCESS CHARLOTTE OF WALES (1796-1817)
BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XVII
[Illustration: HENRY TUFTON, ELEVENTH AND LAST EARL OF THANET
(1775-1849) BY RICHARD COSWAY, R.A.
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XVIII
[Illustration: SIR CHARLES OAKELEY (1751-1826) BY JOHN SMART
PORTRAIT OF A LADY (NAME UNKNOWN) BY JOHN SMART
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XIX
[Illustration: 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
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XX
[Illustration: EARL BEAUCHAMP BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1805)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]
PLATE XXI
[Illustration: MISS MARY BERRY BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXII
[Illustration: MRS. SAINTHILL BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART
JOHN JELLIARD BRUNDISH, M.A. SMITH PRIZEMAN AND SENIOR WRANGLER IN 1773
BY GEORGE ENGLEHEART
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXIII
[Illustration: REBECCA, LADY NORTHWICK (Ob. 1818) BY ANDREW PLIMER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXIV
[Illustration: 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
ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXV
[Illustration: ELIZABETH, MARGARET CAROLINE AND ANTOINETTE, DAUGHTERS OF
JOHN ELLIS, ESQ. OF HURLINGHAM, MIDDLESEX AND JAMAICA BY ANDREW PLIMER
ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXVI
[Illustration: SELINA PLIMER BY ANDREW PLIMER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF DR. G. C. WILLIAMSON]
PLATE XXVII
[Illustration: THE SISTERS RUSHOUT BY ANDREW PLIMER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXVIII
[Illustration: MRS. BAILEY, WIFE OF LIEUTENANT BAILEY, WHO WAS PRESENT
AT THE STORMING OF SERINGAPATAM IN 1799 BY ANDREW PLIMER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXIX
[Illustration: SIR CHARLES KENT, BART., AS A CHILD
BY ANDREW PLIMER (1786)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY
MRS. DAWES BY NATHANIEL PLIMER (1798)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXX
[Illustration: 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
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXXI
[Illustration: LIEUTENANT LYGON BY JOHN SMART, JUN. (1803)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]
PLATE XXXII
[Illustration: LADY MARY ELIZABETH NUGENT, AFTERWARDS MARCHIONESS OF
BUCKINGHAM, AND IN HER OWN RIGHT, BARONESS NUGENT (Ob. 1812)
BY HORACE HONE
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
[Illustration: THE RT. HON. WILLIAM PITT BY HORACE HONE
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]
PLATE XXXIII
[Illustration: MISS VINCENT BY VASLET OF BATH
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LORD HOTHFIELD]
PLATE XXXIV
[Illustration: THE COUNTESS OF JERSEY BY SIR GEORGE HAYTER (1819)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]
PLATE XXXV
[Illustration: LOUIS XIV BY JEAN PETITOT, THE ELDER
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. WARD USHER]
PLATE XXXVI
[Illustration: CHARLES I. BY P. PRIEUR
MARY, DUCHESS OF RICHMOND AND LENOX (1623-1685)
BY JEAN PETITOT THE ELDER (1643)
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXXVII
[Illustration: MADAME DUPIN (Ob. 1799) BY JEAN MARC NATTIER
THE COUNTESS SOPHIE POTOCKI (Ob. 1822) BY P. A. HALL
LA PRINCESSE DE LAMBALLE (Ob. 1792) BY P. A. HALL
ALL FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXXVIII
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A BOY (NAME UNKNOWN) BY JEAN HONORÉ FRAGONARD
PORTRAIT OF A LADY (NAME UNKNOWN) BY PIERRE PASQUIER (1786)
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XXXIX
[Illustration: A GRAND-DAUGHTER OF NATTIER, THE ARTIST BY LOUIS SICARDI
LA MARQUISE DE VILLETTE ("BELLE ET BONNE") BY GARRIOT
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XL
[Illustration: THE EMPRESS JOSEPHINE BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY
THE EMPRESS MARIE LOUISE BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. WARD USHER]
PLATE XLI
[Illustration: CATHARINE, COUNTESS BEAUCHAMP BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY
FROM THE COLLECTION OF LADY MARIA PONSONBY]
PLATE XLII
[Illustration: FÜRSTIN KATHARINA BAGRATION SKAWRONSKA
BY JEAN BAPTISTE ISABEY (1812)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF FÜRST FRANZ AUERSPERG]
PLATE XLIII
[Illustration: 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
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XLIV
[Illustration: MADAME DE BOUFFLERS (1725-1800) BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN
THE FATHER OF MADAME SEGUIN BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN
BOTH FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J PIERPONT MORGAN]
PLATE XLV
[Illustration: MADAME RÉCAMIER BY J. B. JACQUES AUGUSTIN
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. WARD USHER]
PLATE XLVI
[Illustration: MARIE ANTOINETTE BY M. V. COSTA
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. WARD USHER]
PLATE XLVII
[Illustration: PRINCESS PAULINE BORGHESE BY B. ANGUISSOLA
FROM THE COLLECTION OF MR. J. WARD USHER]
PLATE XLVIII
[Illustration: PRINCE FRANZ W. HOHENLOHE BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE XLIX
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A LADY--NAME UNKNOWN
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (CIRCA 1790)
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE L
[Illustration: EMPRESS MARIA THERESIA, SECOND WIFE OF THE EMPEROR
FRANCIS I OF AUSTRIA BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE LI
[Illustration: MARIE THERESIA, COUNTESS VON DIETRICHSTEIN
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE LII
[Illustration: FÜRSTIN ANNA LIECHTENSTEIN-KHEVENHÜLLER
BY HEINRICH FRIEDRICH FÜGER (CIRCA 1795)
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE LIII
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST BY GIOVANNI BATTISTA DE LAMPI
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE LIV
[Illustration: GRÄFIN SOPHIE NARISKINE
BY MORITZ MICHAEL DAFFINGER (CIRCA 1835)
FROM THE COLLECTION OF GRÄFIN EMMA WILCZEK-EMO-CAPODILISTA]
PLATE LV
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF A LADY--NAME UNKNOWN BY EMANUEL PETER
GRÄFIN SIDONIE POTOCKA--DE LIGNE BY EMANUEL PETER
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
PLATE LVI
[Illustration: PORTRAIT OF THE ARTIST (1793-1885)
BY FERDINAND GEORG WALDMÜLLER
FROM THE FIGDOR COLLECTION]
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