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in their smoothness and in the nature of their colouring, are quite unlike Cooper's ordinary manner; whilst in one instance at least the drawing is so bad as to make one sceptical of its being the work of such an artist as Samuel Cooper at all. Take for example the portrait labelled Miss Pru Fillips (_sic_), or Mrs. Rosse, or Mrs. Priestman. On the other hand, the preparatory sketches for the Duchess of Cleveland and Mrs. Munday, and, above all, the Catherine of Braganza strike one as being not only the work of the master but also as especially characteristic. There is a very good Flatman in this collection, a portrait of himself; there are also a number of miniatures in oil on copper which, like most works of this nature, fail to interest us very much; owing to their scale they have necessarily nothing of the impressiveness of an oil portrait, whilst as miniatures they lack delicacy and charm.

THE JONES COLLECTION.

As the Isabeys and Halls strike the dominant note of the Wallace Collection of miniatures, so do the enamels by Petitot that of the Jones Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. There are at Kensington no less than 56 pieces attributed to Jean Petitot, besides two others ascribed to Petitot the Younger.

I shall not re-enter upon a criticism of the great Genevese enameller and his marvellous art, with its distinctive character, further than to repeat that for minute delicacy, perfection of drawing, and colouring it has never been excelled. I am speaking of course, of genuine work by Petitot, for he has had numberless imitators and copyists.

Upon examining the index of painters which is subjoined to this chapter it will be seen that many of the names we have been discussing occur therein, but the Jones Collection cannot be said to be a representative one. There are but three or four Coopers, one each by Hilliard and Hoskins, Zincke and Boit have five between them; there are three attributed to Peter Oliver, and the like number to Isaac. In the case of the last named, however, we have a _chef d'[oe]uvre_ in the shape of the portrait of the Earl of Dorset already described in Chapter VI. By Bernard Lens also we have an important example, namely, the full length of Sarah Jennings, Duchess of Marlborough, in the blue robe affected by artists of the period.

But it is the Petitots which in the eyes of students should give such especial value to this collection, for nowhere else, so far as I have seen or heard, can the like be found, certainly not at the Louvre. Having previously enlarged fully upon the exquisite art of which Jean Petitot was the greatest exponent, I need not recapitulate the charm which attaches to these gems of miniature painting nor the difficulties attending their production. But I have been at the pains to arrange the Jones Collection alphabetically under painters and personages, to facilitate reference. By the aid of this analysis I trust my readers will be enabled to judge for themselves what there is to see at Kensington in this way, and, if they have a genuine interest in the subject, they may find the study of the collection facilitated by this key to its contents.

INDEX TO THE NAMES OF PERSONS IN THE JONES COLLECTION.

Name.

Addison, Joseph, 305

Aiguillon, Duchesse de, 307

Alençon, Duc de, 553

Angoulême, Duchesse de, 502

Anjou, Duc de, 289

Antoinette, Marie, 347, 497, 502

Artois, Comte d', 502

Austria, Anne of, 312, 345

Berri, Duc de, 293

Berri, Duchesse de, 288

Bohemia, Elizabeth of, 257

Borgia, Cesare, 87

Bourgogne, Duchesse de, 292

Brissac, Duchesse de, 262

Catherine I., 282

Catinat, 524

Challace, Mlle. de, 290

Charles I., 349, 517

Charles II., 88, 304

Christine, Queen, 255

Corneille, 313

Condé, Le Grand, 272

Condé, Henri Prince de, 92, 277

Condé, Princesse de, 274

Condé, Sister of Le Grand, 280

Conti, Anne, Princesse de, 260, 263

Dauphin, the, 502

Dorset, Earl of, 357

Drake, Sir F., 297

Elizabeth, 350

Elizabeth, Mme., 502

Essex, R., Earl of, 301

Etampes, Duchesse de, 86

Fontanges, Mlle., 543

Fouquet, Nicholas, 279

François II., 421

George IV., 339

Grammont, Comtesse de, 287, 489

Granby, Marquis of, 506

Grignan, Comtesse de, 269, 543

Guise, Louis Jos., 320

Guise, Duc de, 266

Henry, Prince of Wales, 294

Henrietta Maria, Queen, 254, 521

Henry VIII., 85

James, Duke of York, 89

Lamballe, Princesse de, 348

L'Enclos, Ninon de 253, 489

Longueville, Duchesse de, 251

Lorraine, Duchesse de, 317

Lorraine, Cardinal, 424

Louis XIV., 246-8, 259, 270, 273, 275, 309, 359, 486 See also 539

Louis XV., 286, 352, 519

Louis XVI., 362

Louis XVIII., 502

Louvois, Marquis de, 264

Luxembourg, F. Duc de, 261, 267

Maintenon, Mme. de, 271, 479

Maine, Duc de, 249

Marlborough, Duchess of, 91, 364

Mary, Queen (of William III.), 356

Mary, Queen of Scots, 80, 299, 541

Marie Thérèse, Queen, 315

Mazarin, Cardinal, 247, 318

Mazarin, Duchesse de, 291, 308

Meilleraye, Duc de, 311

Milton, 351

Molière, 316

Montpensier, Duchesse de, 241

Montespan, Mme. de, 242, 252

Nôtre, André le, 278

Orléans, M. Louise, Duchesse d', 524

Orléans, Philippe d', 284

Orléans, Duchesse d', 265, 344, 488

Orléans, Duc d', 240

Ormonde, James, Duke of, 298

Pontchartreux, 525

Pembroke, Countess of, 365

Peter the Great, 363

Philip V., 283

Portsmouth, Duchess of, 285, 343

Pym, J., 84

Racine, 355

Richelieu, Duc de, 326, 346

Rochester, J. Wilmot, Earl of, 295

Rochefoucauld, 310

Rupert, Prince, 302

Sévigné, Mme. de, 245, 250, 482

Sidney, Sir Philip, 303

Sidney, Mary, Countess of Pembroke, 365

Soissons, Comtesse de, 276

Sully, Duc de, 314

Thurloe, John, 296

Turenne, Comte de, 90, 268

Unknown, 300, 319, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327, 328, 329, 330, 331, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 358, 509

Vallière, Mlle. de la, 243, 258

Vendôme, Duc de, 256

Vendôme, Louis Joseph, Duc de, 281

Vermandois, Comte de, 244

Wales, Henry, Prince of, 294

Wellington, Duke of, 531

William III., 354

York, James, Duke of, 89

INDEX TO PAINTERS.

Artaud, 289

Boit, C., 282, 288, 292

Boucher, 341, 347

Cooper, S., 295 (after) 296 (after) 302, 304, 351

Essex, William, 339

F. Hans, 344, 362

Gerbier, 349

Hilliard, N., 350

Holbein, H., 81 (after) 85

Hoskins, J., 365

Isabey, 531

Janet, 353

Janssen, C., 82, 83, 84

Lens, Bernard, 364, 541

Le Seuer, 506

Oliver, Isaac, 294, 303, 357

Oliver, Peter, 361, 517, 521

Parent, J., 486

Petitot, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 246, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 258, 259, 262, 263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 268, 269, 270, 273, 275, 276, 277, 278, 279, 280?, 281, 285, 291, 293, 306, 307, 309, 310, 311, 312, 315, 316, 318, 320, 321, 323, 324?, 326, 328, 330, 331, 333, 336, 488, 543?

Petitot the Younger, 308, 327

P. W., 89

Seuin, P., 90

Titian, 87

Zincke, C. F., 300, 305

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