Chapter II: Preface: 9

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 13

BIBLIOGRAPHY 17

CHAPTER

I. ON COLLECTING MINIATURES AND THE CARE
OF THEM 19

II. ORIGIN OF MINIATURES, AND A METHOD OF
PAINTING THEM 43

III. CONCERNING ENAMELS AND ENAMEL PAINTERS 63

IV. HOLBEIN, AND EARLY MINIATURE PAINTERS 95

V. NICHOLAS HILLIARD 123

VI. THE OLIVERS AND HOSKINS 145

VII. SAMUEL COOPER 171

VIII. PETITOT 191

IX. SOME GEORGIAN ARTISTS 211

X. COSWAY AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES 229

XI. THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL 261

XII. ROYAL AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS 279

XIII. PUBLIC COLLECTIONS 301

XIV. THE FRENCH SCHOOL OF MINIATURE PAINTERS 325

CONCLUSION 361

INDEX 367

ILLUSTRATIONS

FRONTISPIECE.

_Portrait of a Lady_, by J. Mansion (Wallace Collection).

PAGE

CHAPTER I.--ON COLLECTING MINIATURES AND THE CARE
OF THEM.

_Lady Villiers_ and _Katharine, Fifth Duchess of Leeds_, by R.
Cosway, R.A. (Col. W. H. Walker) 23

_Louisa of Stolberg_, a Jacobite badge (A. Lang, Esq.)
_Mr. Barbor and the Barbor Jewel_ (Victoria and Albert
Museum). _Charles I. in his own hair_ (Shelley family) 29

_Queen Elizabeth_ (Harcourt family). _Miss Pretyman_,
by R. Cosway, R.A. (J. Davison, Esq.) 37

CHAPTER II.--ORIGIN OF MINIATURES, AND A METHOD OF
PAINTING THEM.

_A Philospher_, Fifteenth-century Missal (Wallace Collection) 47

_Sir Walter Raleigh_ and _Walter Raleigh, jun._, unknown
(Duke of Rutland) 51

_Back of the Enamel Case containing the Raleigh Portraits_
(Duke of Rutland) 55

_Sir John Hatton and his Mother_, ascribed to Lucas de
Heere (Earl Spencer) 59

CHAPTER III.--CONCERNING ENAMELS AND ENAMEL PAINTERS.

_C. F. Zincke and his wife_, after J. Hysing 67

_Jeremiah Meyer, R.A._, after Dance. _Nathaniel Hone,
R.A._, by Himself 71

_Thomas Howard_, by Sir A. More (Duke of Norfolk).
_Edmond Butts_, by John Bettes (National Gallery) 77

_Henry Brandon_, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M.
the King). _Hans Holbein the Younger_, by Himself
(from a drawing at Basle). _Charles Brandon_, by Hans
Holbein the Younger (H.M. the King) 81

_A Burgomaster_, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M.
the King). _Lady Audley_, by Hans Holbein the
Younger (H.M. the King) 85

_Catharine of Arragon_, by Hans Holbein the Younger.
_Henry VIII._, by Hans Holbein the Younger (H.M.
the King). _Henry, Duke of Richmond_, by Hans Holbein
the Younger (H.M. the King) 91

CHAPTER IV.--HOLBEIN, AND EARLY MINIATURE PAINTERS.

_Nicholas Hilliard_, by Himself (from Penshurst). _Lady
Mary Sidney_, by N. Hilliard (Harcourt family) 99

_Henry VII._, by N. Hilliard (H.M. the King). _Charles the
First when Prince of Wales_, by Isaac Oliver (Duke of
Rutland). _Spenser_ (Lord Fitzhardinge) 103

_Isaacus Oliverus, Anglus Pictor_ (from a print in the
British Museum) 107

_Venetia, Lady Digby_, by I. Oliver (Burdett-Coutts
Collection). _I. Oliver_, by Himself (H.M. the King) 111

_Sir Kenelm Digby_ and _Venetia, Lady Digby_, by Peter
Oliver (Burdett-Coutts Collection) 115

_Frances Howard, Countess of Somerset_, by Isaac Oliver.
_Peter Oliver_, after Sir A. Van Dyck. _Arabella Stuart_,
by Peter Oliver (Capt. J. H. Edwards, Heathcote) 119

CHAPTER V.--NICHOLAS HILLIARD.

_Charles I._, by John Hoskins (H.M. the King). _Duke of
Buckingham_, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King) 126

_Oliver Cromwell_, by S. Cooper (Duke of Devonshire).
_Oliver Cromwell_, by S. Cooper (Duke of Sutherland) 129

_George Monck, Duke of Albemarle_, by S. Cooper (H.M. the
King) 133

_Duchess of Cleveland_, by S. Cooper (Countess of Caledon).
_O. Cromwell's Mother._ _Lady Leigh_, by S. Cooper
(Sackville Bale Collection) 137

_Sir John King_, by Alexander Cooper (H.M. the King).
_S. Cooper_, by Himself (Dyce Collection) 141

CHAPTER VI.--THE OLIVERS AND HOSKINS.

_Petitot_, by Himself. _Mlle. Fontanges_, by Petitot.
_Henrietta d'Orleans_, by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts
Collection) 151

_Louis XIV._, by Petitot. _Charles I._, by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts
Collection). _James II._, by Petitot (Burdett-Coutts
Collection). _Cardinal Mazarin_, by Petitot (Earl
of Carlisle). _Cardinal Richelieu_, by Petitot 157

_Petitot le Vieux_, by Petitot (Earl Dartrey). _Petitot_, from
a print in the British Museum. _Charles II._, by Petitot
(Burdett-Coutts Collection) 163

CHAPTER VII.--SAMUEL COOPER.

_Lady Mary Wortley Montagu_, by S. Liotard. _Amelia,
Duchess of Leinster_, after Sir Joshua Reynolds (Earl of
Charlemont) 174

_A Lady_, unknown (Lord Tweedmouth). _Sarah Jennings,
Duchess of Marlborough_, by Gaspar Netscher (Charles
Butler, Esq.) 177

_Duchess of Hamilton_, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby).
_Miss Kitty Mudge_, by James Nixon (Canon Raffles
Flint) 181

_Marchioness of Hertford_, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Meynell-Ingram
Collection). _Portrait of a Gentleman_, by S.
Shelley (Miss Kendall). _Lady Frances Radcliffe_, by
S. Collins (Earl of Carlisle) 185

_Lady Elizabeth Hamilton_, by W. Derby (Earl of Derby) 189

CHAPTER VIII.--PETITOT.

_Richard and Maria Cosway_, by R. Cosway, R.A. 195

_Lady Caroline Howard_, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of
Carlisle). _William, fifth Duke of Devonshire_, by R.
Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle). _Lady Horatio Seymour_,
by R. Cosway, R.A. 199

_George IV. when Prince of Wales_, by R. Cosway, R.A.
(Shaftesbury family) 203

_Lady Caroline Duncombe_, by R. Cosway, R.A. (W. B.
Stopford, Esq.). _The Ladies Georgina and Harriet
Cavendish_, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Earl of Carlisle) 207

CHAPTER IX.--SOME GEORGIAN ARTISTS.

_R. Cosway, R.A._, by Himself (National Portrait Gallery) 213

_Lady Hamilton_ (J. H. Anderdon, Esq.). _Lady Theresa
Strangways_, by A. Plimer 216

_Lady Orde_, by R. Cosway, R.A. (Sir A. J. Campbell-Orde,
Bart.) 219

_Caroline of Anspach_, by O. Humphrey, R.A. _Lady Clive_,
by J. Smart (Earl of Powis). _Portrait of a Lady_, by J.
Smart (Miss Kendall). _Lord Clive_, by J. Smart (Earl of
Powis) 223

_Ozias Humphrey, R.A._, after G. Romney 227

CHAPTER X.--COSWAY AND HIS CONTEMPORARIES.

_Portrait of a Lady_, by G. Engleheart (Col. W. H.
Walker). _Portrait of a Gentleman_, by G. Engleheart
(M. Viennot) 233

_Portrait of a Gentleman_, by W. Wood. _Maria, Duchess of
Coventry_, unknown (J. G. Fanshawe, Esq.) 239

_The Baroness Burdett-Coutts_, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. 243

_Countess of Leitrim_, by A. Robertson. _The Artist's
Mother_, by Sir W. C. Ross, R.A. 249

_William Cobden_, by R. Dudman. _Millicent Amber, his
Wife_, by R. Dudman 253

_Master Cobden, son of Richard Cobden_ 257

CHAPTER XI.--THE LAST OF THE OLD SCHOOL.

_Mary Stuart_, by Janet (H.M. the King) 265

_The Duke of Monmouth_, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King) 269

_Queen Charlotte_, by Ozias Humphrey, R.A. (H.M. the
King). _James II._, by S. Cooper (H.M. the King) 273

_Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire_, by R. Cosway, R.A.
(H.M. the King) 277

CHAPTER XII.--ROYAL AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS.

_Henry, Cardinal of York_ and _Prince Charles Edward_,
unknown (H.R.H. the Duchess of Albany). _Mme. de
Montespan_, by Petitot. _Mary Stuart_, from an enamel
by H. Bone (Burdett-Coutts Collection) 283

_Sir Kenelm Digby, Wife, and Sons_, by Peter Oliver, after
Sir A. van Dyck (Burdett-Coutts Collection) 289

_Sir Philip Sidney_, by Isaac Oliver (H.M. the King) 295

CHAPTER XIII.-PUBLIC COLLECTIONS.

_The Dauphin_, by Janet (H.M. the King). _Napoleon I._, by
Chatillon (Duke of Wellington) 305

_Portrait of Mirabeau_, Anonymous (M. Gabriel Marceau).
_Portrait of a Lady_, by P. A. Hall (Mme. de B.) 311

_Portrait of the Painter C. J. Natoire_, by J. B. Massé
(M. Ed. Taigny) 317