The Stowe catalogue priced and annotated / by Henry Rumsey Forster. [With 'Historical notice of Stowe', etc].

  • Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Date:
1848
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Credit: The Stowe catalogue priced and annotated / by Henry Rumsey Forster. [With 'Historical notice of Stowe', etc]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    95 96 97 98 99 100 101 108 104: THE STOWE CATALOGUE. The listening slave—plaster_ . ; : : j Agent Cupid and Psyche—plaster . : i . : Agent Venus seated at the bath—plaster 5 ; 5 : Agent A carved seat, with slab of Egyptian granite ; and— The companion : ‘ : : A. Robertson, Esq. These two lots were sold together. The marble vase to the memory of Lord Chatham, from Burton Pynsent . A. Robertson, Esq. A white marble um, originally erected by Hester Grenville Countess of Chatham, in memory of William, the great Earl of Chatham, her husband, at Burton Pynsent, in Somerset- shire, his country seat. When her ladyship died, and Burton Pynsent was disposed of, the urn was given, by John Earl of Chatham, to the Duke of Buckingham. On one side of the urn, is a portrait of Lord Chatham, and on the other, the following inscription, written by Hester Grenville Lady Chatham :— ‘© To the dear Memory of W1LLiam Pirv, Earl of Chatham, This marble is inscribed by His beloved wife.” On the pedestal is inscribed as follows :— ‘¢ Sacred to pure affection, this simple Urn stands a witness of unceasing grief for him, who, excelling in whatever is most admirable, and adding to the exercise of the sublimest virtues, the sweet charm of refined sentiment, and polished wit, by gay social commerce, rendered beyond comparison happy the course of domestic life, and bestowed a felicity inexpressible, on her, whose faithful love was blessed in a pure return that raised her above every other joy but the parental one, and that still shared with him. His generous country with public monuments has eternised his fame: this humble tribute is but to soothe the sorrowing breast of private woe.”’ On the opposite side of the pedestal, is the following inscription, written by William Wyndham, Lord Grenville: ‘* In the year 1831, this interesting memorial of a near and highly venerated relative, was, by the kindness of his son, John Ear] of Chatham, presented to the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, by whom it is here placed in remembrance of the early and long attachment of that great man to these tranquil scenes, and of his close connexion with the family of their proprietors.” The sale of this vase really appears inexcusable,—the more so, when the paltry amount it realised is considered. The sacred relic is now at Hoe Place, Mr. Robertson’s seat, near ‘Woking, in Surrey. A fragment of a head, of fine Greek work , . LP. Norton, Esq. A fragment of a sphynx—ain relief—from Syracuse . WL. Norton, Esq. A fragment of a figure of Mercury, in basalt, holding a lyre and a caduceus; this interesting relief was discovered at Canopus in 1819, when making a dyke for conducting a canal over the lake Mareotis ; : The Trustees of the British ale 3 This curious relic was presented to the late Duke by Commodore Sir Charles Schomberg, R.N. It was found near the spot where the curious inscription sent by Mehemed Ali to Sir Sidney Smith was discovered. 105 These pieces of pavement were taken from the ruins of a Roman Villa and Baths discovered by the late Duke of Buckingham, upon his estate, at Foxcote, near Buckingham. During the excavations, the remains of very extensive buildings were laid open, and many interesting articles were found, which, with the curiosities discovered in a Roman barrow, in the same neighbourhood, will be sold by auction in the spring, by Messrs. Christie and Manson. MUSEUM GARDENS. A. stone vase—spirally fluted : : . A S. Thornley, Jun., Esq., Spring fale Wise he oe 270 PA 4 10 — ee i I Se ea
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