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Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 106, November 8, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
Vol. IV.—No. 106. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.
"When found, make a note of."—CAPTAIN CUTTLE.
VOL. IV.—No. 106.
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 8. 1851.
Price Threepence. Stamped Edition, 4d.
CONTENTS.
NOTES:—
Some Notes on Arundel House, Strand, and on the Dispersion of Sculptures formerly Part of the Arundelian Collection, by William Sidney Gibson 361
Panslavic Literature, and the Library of the British Museum, by Dr. J. Lotsky 364
On Archbishop Ussher, by Bolton Corney 365
Anglo-Catholic Library—Bishop Overall's Convocation Book 365
QUERIES:—
The Use of Misereres 367
Joceline's Legacy 367
Minor Queries:—Early Muster Rolls—Convocation for the Province of York—The Scent of the Bloodhound—Cooper's Miniature of Cromwell—Lines on Cagliostro—The Names and Numbers of British Regiments—Praed's Charade—Cozens the Painter—Parliamentary Debates 367
MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Merry Wakefield—The two Kings of Brentford—Meaning of V. D. M. 369
REPLIES:—
Anachronisms of Painters 369
"Agla," Meaning of, by E. S. Taylor, &c. 370
Colonies of England 370
Replies to Minor Queries:—Broad Arrow—Sacro-Sancta Regum Majestas—Grimsditch—"'Tis Twopence now," &c.—Pauper's Badge 371
MISCELLANEOUS:—
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 373
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 373
Notices to Correspondents 374
Advertisements 374
Notes.
SOME NOTES ON ARUNDEL HOUSE, STRAND, AND ON THE DISPERSION OF SCULPTURES FORMERLY PART OF THE ARUNDELIAN COLLECTION.
The celebrated Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, was son of Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel—the faithful and constant, who being persecuted for his religion, was suffered by Queen Elizabeth to languish in the Tower, where he died in 1595—and great-grandson of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, the accomplished nobleman who was beheaded in 1547 by "the Nero of the Tudor race." Thomas Howard was restored, as your readers know, to the earldom of Arundel by James I., and in the reign of that king and of Charles I., who held him in veneration, received other honours and employments, but was yet more distinguished by his munificent patronage of the arts and of learning. He is called "the only great subject of the northern parts, who by his conversation and great collections set a value" upon transalpine lands; and he began about 1614 to decorate with the precious and costly works of art which he had collected in Greece and in his beloved Italy, the gardens and galleries of his quaint old palace in London, called Arundel House.
This mansion, or rather collection of buildings, the site of which had been taken from the see of Bath in the time of "Protector" Somerset, appears from Hollar's Views (as is stated by Mr. Cunningham in his admirable Handbook of London Past and Present) to have comprised a range of irregular buildings, principally of red brick, erected at various periods, and combined without much regard to elegance or uniformity; although I find the earl is said to have been the first person who introduced uniformity in building, and to have been made chief commissioner for promoting this object in London. This famous, and once hospitable, mansion, stood between the gardens of Essex House on the east, and of Somerset (then Denmark) House on the west, its pleasure grounds coming down to the river, and commanding a fine view of the city as far as London Bridge, and of Westminster, and westward to Nine Elms. It is mentioned by Mr. Cunningham, that in this