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A sketch, Titian

Hagar in the desart, Mola

The marriage of St. Catharine, from The head of Vandyke, by himself

Correggio

The Iron Age

The transfiguration, from Raphael A head, Hans Holbein

A small sketch, Ciro Ferri

A landscape, in which is introduced the murder of S. Pietro Martire, Gobbo de Caracci

A representation of the inside of St. Peter's Church

A figure, representing the art of painting, Spagnoletto

A holy family, Titian

Our Saviour tempted in the wilderness, from the school of Titian A copy of the nativity, well known by the name of Correggio's "Notte, Carlo Signani

A Madona and child

A small head

A Madona and child, Pordenone Susannah tempted by the Elders, Baroccio

A small picture, representing the ascension of the Virgin

A small figure of our Saviour
The assumption of the Virgin, seen
by the apostles, Francesco Naldini
Third Compartment. East side,

on the left hand. The portrait of a cardinal bishop, Spagnoletto

A martyrdom, Tintoretto

A father with his two sons praying,
Hans Holbein

A small figure, Parmegiano
The sacrifice of the temple of Diana
A large nativity

The marriage of St. Catharine, Paolo
Veronese

A sketch. The meeting of the Emperor Otho and St. Nilo, Domenichino

Three heads, Caracci
Three heads, from Correggio, over
the north window

A large picture of the burning of
Troy, Bernard Van Orlay
The nativity of our Saviour, Fran-
cesco Zuccarelli

Hercules and Omphale, from the

Venetian school

A small landscape

Three other small sketches

Head of a Madona

A nymph bathing, Giuseppe d'Arpino A head, cartoon, Raphael

A large nativity, Bassano

Henry the Eighth, Hans Holbein
Head of a Madona, Titian
St. John the Baptist, Guercino
Half length portrait, Titian
Madona and child

The continence of Scipio, Vandyke
A head, Rubens

Two landscapes, Gobbo del Caraeci The judgment of Solomon, Pasqua lino Romano

The adoration of the shepherds Diana and her nymphs bathing, with the story of Acteon, Paclo Vero

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A small octagonal picture of our Sa

viour carried to the sepulchre, painted on a black stone, Alessandro Veronese

A holy family, Schidone

Descent from the cross, Daniel da The general resurrection

Volterra

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St. Jerome receiving the sacrament A small nativity, Pierino del Vaga The laying of our Saviour in the sepulchre, Schidone

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A sketch, Valarino Castile

A Madona and child, with St. John,
Andrea del Sarto

A sketch, Valarino Castile
Two Cupids, representing holy love
conquering profane love, Guido
A piece of architecture, Ghisolfi
Two female figures, Mutiano
The family of the Caracci, repre
sented in a butcher's shop, Annibal
Caracci

The Virgin contemplating her child,
Primaticcio

St. Elizabeth, with St. John, when a child, musing upon a cross made of reeds, Leonardo da Vinci A mountebank, on horseback, drawing a clown's tooth in the marketplace, M. Angelo della Battaglie Men playing at bowls, by the same

master

Second Compartment. West side, A sketch of a ceiling

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A portrait of the Duke d'Alva, Titian
Our Saviour with his two disciples
at Emmaus, Ludovico Caracci
A portrait of a Venetian nobleman,
Titian

A piece of architecture, Viviani, with
figures by Sebastian Ricci
Our Saviour in the temple
A nativity, by Titian

The day of judgment, Francesco
Bassano

A nativity, Raphael

The infants Jesus and St. John embracing, Raphael

A head

A head of Cardinal Wolsey

A head of Francesco Mola, by him

self

A large picture, in which are the
figures of St. John the Evangelist,
St. Lucia, St. Humphrey, and St.
Francis

Our Saviour in the midst of several
female figures, Andrea del Sarto
A Madona and child, Leonardo da
Vinci

A landscape

Adam and Eve driven out of Para-
dise, Giuseppe d'Arpino

Our Saviour's last supper, Mola
Susannah and the Elders, Spagnoletto

A portrait of the first Prince of Two landscapes, Domenichino

Orange, Guido

A pilgrim

A Madona, Raphael

A Sudarium, Titian

A portrait, Fred. Zucchero

A holy family, Battista Bassano
A holy family, Parmegiano
A holy family, Titian

Our Saviour's last supper, Tintoretto
A Madona, after Raphael's manner
Our Saviour bearing his cross, An-
drea Mantegna

A sketch

Venus and Adonis
The rape of Europa
A head, Hans Holbein

A sketch of our Saviour carrying to the sepulchre. The Virgin supported by the three Maries, Bassano Two small landscapes

A head, Abraham Johnson
The portrait of St. Jerome praying,
Domenichino

A battle piece, Borgognone
The portrait of General Guise, Sir
Joshua Reynolds

Our Saviour crowned with thorns,
Bassano

David and Goliah. The figures fore

shortened, M. Angelo Buonarota A master and his scholars, Gerard Douw

A holy family, Annibal Caracci
The marriage of St. Catherine
A Madona and child

A woman with the glory round her
head

The names of the painters in the preceding list are given as they stood in General Guise's Catalogue. It is probable that many of them were inserted upon conjecture only.

The upper room is 141 feet by 30, and 37 feet in height. The ceiling is richly ornamented; and the wainscotting and pillars are of the finest Norway oak. The festoons of stucco are much admired for the delicacy of the workmanship. This Library, in books, prints, manuscripts, and coins, is of the first order. The recesses in the upper room are occupied by a bust, in bronze, of Marcus Modius, a physician, presented to the Society by Lord Frederick Campbell; and a female figure, in marble, attended by a smaller figure of a boy, with one hand upon her shoulder, given by the late A. K. Mackenzie, M.A. a student of this house. This fine antique statue was found at Pella, in Greece. At the east end are marble busts of Seneca and Nero, and at the other end, of Ceres and Cicero. On the staircase is a fine whole-length statue of Locke, by Roubillac.

Canterbury quadrangle joins that of Peckwater on the east side, and is a handsome entrance to the College. On this site formerly stood Canterbury Hall, which was granted to the College by Henry VIII. In 1775 the north and east sides of it were rebuilt, after a design of Mr. Wyatt, chiefly at the expense of Dr. Robinson, primate of Ireland, who contributed two thousand pounds towards their completion; by whose liberality the south side also was re

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built in 1783. The chief ornament of this court is the magnificent gateway, erected under the direction of Mr. Wyatt, in 1778. The order is Doric, and the design combines all that can be expected from an union of solidity and elegance. Both Canterbury and Peckwater quadrangles are inhabited chiefly by the Undergraduate Members of the College.

This princely College was originally founded by Cardinal Wolsey, on the site of the Priory of St. Frideswide, who intended that it should consist of a Dean, Sub-Dean, 100 Canons, 10 Public Readers, 13 Chaplains, an Organist, 12 Clerks, and 16 Choristers; but in consequence of the Cardinal's falling into disgrace with his royal master, Henry VIII., his intentions could not be carried into effect. The King seized upon and suspended the foundation, which he re-established in 1532, under the name of Henry the Eighth's College; but this was suppressed in 1545; and in the year following the episcopal see was removed from Osney to this College, and the Church of St. Frideswide was constituted a Cathedral, by the name of Christ Church, for the maintenance of a Dean, eight Canons, eight Chaplains, an Organist, and eight Clerks, together with 60 Students, and 40 Grammar Scholars, a Schoolmaster and Usher. In 1561, Queen Elizabeth converted the 40 Grammar Scholars into Academical Students, ordering that their vacancies should be supplied

from Westminster College. Thus 100 Students were established; to which number one more was added, in 1663, by W. Thurstone, Esq.This large College is always overflowing with members. Those not on the foundation are, as in other societies, called Noblemen, Gentlemen Commoners, and Commoners. The number of members on the books is about 730, amongst whom are 340 Members of Convocation, In full Term about 160 dine daily in the Hall.

A few paces to the left, on leaving the Canterbury gate of Christ Church, on the opposite side, is the entrance to

ORIEL COLLEGE.

Porter's Lodge is on the left of the gateway.

The Quadrangle of this College was finished about the year 1640. It contains, on the north side, part of the Provost's Lodgings; on the east, the Hall and entrance into the Chapel, which runs eastward; and on the south and west sides are apartments for the Fellows, and other members of the Society. The roof of the gateway is ornamented with the royal arms of Charles I., and the other door-ways with the arms of benefactors. Northward of this quadrangle there are two handsome buildings; that on the east erected at the expense of Robinson, Bishop of London, during his lifetime, in 1719. The other, on the west side, which corresponds with Bishop Robinson's, was begun in March, 1729, and erected by the munificence of Dr.

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