We return to George St., whence Church Court leads to the parish church of St. Mary Magdalen (open 11-5), which retains several old monuments. On the right as we enter is a bas-relief portrait of Edmund Kean (died 1833); on the left are memorial tablets to Miss Braddon (Mrs. Maxwell), the novelist (1837-1915), and James Thomson, author of the 'Seasons' (died 1748).
From the end of George St., Hill St. runs to the left. On the right, beyond the Town Hall, built in 1893, is Richmond Bridge (view), a picturesque structure of 1774-77. Ormond Road, to the left, contains some Queen Anne houses.
A little farther on Petersham Road diverges to the right for Kingston. We keep straight on up Richmond Hill to the Terrace Gardens, which command a charming and famous View of the Thames valley, described in Thomson's 'Seasons' and Scott's 'Heart of Midlothian.' In fine weather Windsor Castle is seen in the distance. The gardens, purchased for the public in 1886, once formed part of the estate attached to Buccleuch House, below, on the Petersham Road. At Downe House, opposite the terrace, Sheridan lived Wick House (much altered), at the end of the terrace, was built for Sir Joshua Reynolds. Doughty House, the residence of Sir Herbert Cook, nearly opposite Wick House, contains a fine collection of paintings by the Old Masters and other works of art, to which admission is usually granted on week-days to those making previous application in writing.
DRAWING ROOM. Gainsborough, The fallen tree; R. Wilson, Classical landscape. In the DINING ROOM are Dutch pictures of still-life and landscapes by Pieter de Ring, Van Beyeren, Weenix and others; on the STAIRCASE and in the INNER HALL are works of the English School, by or attributed to Reynolds, Hogarth, Romney, and William Owen.
FIRST GALLERY. 5. Claude, Flight into Egypt 9. N. Poussin, Floral offering to Hymen (from the Borghese Palace in Rome); 13. Watteau, Two figures by candle-light; 14. F. Clouet, Diane de Poitiers seated in a bath of milk; 17. N. Poussin, Plague at Athens; 27. R. Wilson, Rome from the Villa Madama; 28. Gainsborough, Young lady in a landscape (a very early work); 31. Hogarth, A lady (erroneously called Sarah Malcolm, the murderess); 33. Turner, Windmill and lock (painted in 1806 and based on a study of Rembrandt's 'Mill,' formerly at Bowood and now in the Widener Collection in the United States). 48. Durer, Procession to Calvary; the Latin inscription states that this picture was painted in 1527 as an experiment in ashen-grey colour. 46. Durer, 'Madonna of the Iris' (signed and dated 1508); 56. Goossens van der Weyden, Life of St. Catherine (triptych).
SMOKING ROOM. 8 (on an easel), Civetta, Nativity (signed with the artist's sign-manual, a 'civetta' or owl); on the other side, Selection of St. Joseph from among the suitors. 5. Ceccarelli, Madonna (1347); 6. Ercole Roberti, Medea and her children; 10. Zoppo, Madonna; 16. Fra Filippo Lippi, Adoration of the Magi (a large tondo of his early period); 11. C. Tura, Annunciation; 20, 29. Signorelli, Studies of the nude for a polyptych of 'St. Christopher,' painted in 1498; 23. Cima (or Lotto), Head of Christ; 28. Allegretto Nuzi, Group of saints; 30. Fra Filippo Lippi, SS. Joseph and Michael.
LOBBY. 178. Hubert van Eyck, The Three Marys at the Sepulchre, an unsigned panel of high importance (frame modern).
LONG GALLERY. Among the later Italian works, on the left wall: 5. Lanini, Altarpiece; 14. Titian, Laura de' Dianti; 37. Domenichino, Landscape with figures. On the right wall, as we return, are seven bays and an annexe, with late Flemish and Dutch paintings. 1st Bay: Van Dyck (or Rubens ?), 41. The brazen serpent; 47. Van Dyck, Betrayal of Christ. 2nd Bay: Paintings by W. van de Velde and A. van der Neer. 3rd Bay: 79. Brekelenkam, Selling Fish; 91. Berckheyden, Dutch house and grounds. Annexe: 105. A. Cuyp, Grey horses; 111. F. Bol, Old man. 4th Bay: Works by J. van Ruysdael and A. van Ostade. 5th Bay: 125. Metsu, Lady at a spinet; 128. F. Hals, Man with the rumble; 134. P. de Hooch, Ladies and cavaliers. 6th Bay: 146, A. Bloemart, Farmyard with the Return of the Prodigal Son. 7th Bay: Rubens, 162. Two octagonal sketches for the ceiling of the Jesuits' church at Antwerp, 165. Portrait of Philip, the artist's brother.
MUSEUM, at the foot of the stairs and below the Octagon and Organ Room, Ercole Grandi, Annunciation; attributed to Piero della Francesca (or Lorentino d'Arezzo), Presentation in the Temple; etc.
OCTAGON. On the left: 244. Fra Bartolommeo, Madonna; 249. Pintoricchio, Madonna, and other paintings of the Italian Renaissance. On the right: 263. Moretto, Pieta; 264. Cima, Madonna; 267. Sodoma, St. George and the Dragon; 268. Raphael, St. Jerome punishing the heretic Sabinianus; 274. Signorelli, Portrait of Niccold Vitelli; 275. P. Bordone, Perseus armed by Minerva and Mercury.
ORGAN ROOM. On the right: 29. Velazquez, Portrait of Calabacillas; Gallegos, 28. SS. Thomas and Mark, 19. Large retablo, 17. SS. Andrew and Peter; 27. Pacheco, Portrait of a Knight of Santiago (a rare signed and dated picture by the master of Velazquez). 24. Velazquez, Old woman frying eggs (an important work of the artist's early or 'bodegone' period). This woman appears again in the 'House of Martha' in the National Gallery (No. 1375). On the left: Gallegos, SS. Bartholomew and John; 9. Velazquez (?), Spanish beggar; 3. J. B. del Mazo, The widowed Queen Maria Theresa.
GARDEN GALLERY. 241. Titian, 'La Schiavona' (from the Crespi Collection at Milan), signed and claimed by some to have been begun by Giorgione; 221. El Greco, Expulsion of the money-changers; Rembrandt, 193. The artist's sister (1632), 195. Titus, the artist's son (from the collection of Lord Spencer, 1915), 192. Alette Adriensz (1639), 194. Tobit and Sara (1649). Rubens, 181. Rome triumphant, 182. Boar-hunt (two fine sketches).
