CHAPTER XIX.

THE DICTATOR 328

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

QUEEN MATILDA (_Photogravure_). _From the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds, 1766_ _Frontispiece_

LEICESTER HOUSE, WHERE QUEEN MATILDA WAS BORN _Facing page_ 4

FREDERICK, PRINCE OF WALES, FATHER OF QUEEN MATILDA. _From the Painting by J. B. Vanloo at Warwick Castle, by permission of the Earl of Warwick_ " " 14

MADAME DE WALMODEN, COUNTESS OF YARMOUTH. _From the Painting at Gülzow by permission of Count Kielmansegg_ " " 24

JOHN, EARL OF BUTE. _From the Painting by Sir Joshua Reynolds at Wortley Hall, by permission of the Earl of Wharncliffe_ " " 36

THE ELDER CHILDREN OF FREDERICK AND AUGUSTA, PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF WALES, PLAYING IN KEW GARDENS. _From a Painting, temp. 1750_ " " 50

QUEEN LOUISE, CONSORT OF FREDERICK V. OF DENMARK AND DAUGHTER OF GEORGE II. OF ENGLAND. _From a Painting by Pilo in the Frederiksborg Palace_ " " 62

KING CHRISTIAN VII. _From the Painting by P. Wichman, 1766_ " " 76

KEW PALACE, WHERE QUEEN MATILDA PASSED MUCH OF HER GIRLHOOD. _From an Engraving, temp. 1751_ " " 90

THE MARRIAGE BALL OF CHRISTIAN VII. AND QUEEN MATILDA IN THE CHRISTIANSBORG PALACE. _From a Contemporary Print_ " " 104

THE CHRISTIANSBORG PALACE, COPENHAGEN. _From an Old Print, temp. 1768_ " " 120

EDWARD, DUKE OF YORK, BROTHER OF QUEEN MATILDA. _From the Painting by G. H. Every_ " " 132

QUEEN MATILDA RECEIVING THE CONGRATULATIONS OF THE COURT ON THE BIRTH OF THE CROWN PRINCE FREDERICK. _From a Contemporary Print_ " " 142

CARLTON HOUSE, PALL MALL, THE RESIDENCE OF THE PRINCESS-DOWAGER OF WALES. _From a Print, temp. 1765_ " " 156

THE MASKED BALL GIVEN BY CHRISTIAN VII. AT THE OPERA HOUSE, HAYMARKET. _From the "Gentleman's Magazine," 1768_ " " 172

THE PALACE OF FREDERIKSBORG, FROM THE GARDEN TERRACE. _From an Engraving, temp. 1768_ " " 180

WILLIAM HENRY, DUKE OF GLOUCESTER, BROTHER OF QUEEN MATILDA. _From the Painting by H. W. Hamilton, 1771_ " " 190

STRUENSEE. _From an Engraving, 1771_ " " 206

QUEEN SOPHIA MAGDALENA, GRANDMOTHER OF CHRISTIAN VII. " " 226

AUGUSTA, PRINCESS OF WALES, MOTHER OF QUEEN MATILDA. _After a Painting by F. B. Vanloo_ " " 244

GEORGE III., BROTHER OF QUEEN MATILDA. _From a Painting by Allan Ramsay (1767) in the National Portrait Gallery_ " " 264

THE FREDERIKSBERG PALACE, NEAR COPENHAGEN. _From a Print, temp. 1770_ " " 282

THE PALACE OF HIRSCHHOLM. _Temp. 1770_ " " 304

TWO RELICS OF QUEEN MATILDA IN THE ROSENBORG CASTLE, COPENHAGEN. (1) THE INSIGNIA OF THE ORDER OF MATILDA; (2) THE WEDDING GOBLET " " 330

QUEEN MATILDA AND HER SON, THE CROWN PRINCE OF DENMARK. _From the Painting at the Rosenborg, Copenhagen_ " " 348