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The principal floor on this side consists of a saloon, state bed-room, drawing and dining-rooms. The south con WOBURN ABBEY, BEDFORDSHIRE, THE SEAT OF THE DUKE OF BEDFORD. WOBURN ABBEY was founded in 1145 by Hugh de Bolebeck, a baron who had large possessions in the vicinity, for monks of the Cistercian order. On the suppression of religious houses, its revenues, accord-tains the library, breakfast-room, and ing to Dugdale, amounted to 3917. 88.2d. In the first year of Edward VI. it was granted, with many other ecclesiastical estates, to Sir John, after-bed-rooms and various other chamwards Lord Russell and Earl of Bedford, who had been honoured with several employments by Henry VIII. In his family the possession has ever since remained. The extensive and magnificent mansion, which stands on the site of the old abbey, was erected by John, the fourth duke of the Russell family. The ground-plan forms a square of more than 200 feet, containing a quadrangular court in the centre. The original mansion has experienced many considerable alterations and improvements, particularly in the time of the predecessor of the present noble owner; and Henry Holland displayed much taste and talent in the designs for the additional buildings, which were executed under his direc tion. Vol. IV. No. XXIII. the duke and duchess's apartments; the east the vestibule, servants' offices, &c.; and the north the French bers. Most of the apartments are embellished with fine paintings, among which, portraits form a very prominent feature. The gallery, in which most of them are placed, is 111 feet long, 17 wide, and 15 high. Among the British portraits are the following: Queen Elizabeth, represented with a fan of feathers in her left hand, and a ring on her thumb. Philip of Spain and Queen Mary. Sir William Russell, K. B afterwards ereated Earl of Bedford by King William, painted by Priwitzer; and supposed to be the only picture in England by that artist.. Lady Aune Carr, wife of the preceding. Francis, fourth Earl of Bedford, the principal promoter of the plan for draining the fens since called the Bedford Level. Sir Philip Sidney, in his 22d year. George Digby, Earl of Bristol, and Sir William Russell, mentioned above, in one picture. Lady Cook, wife of Sir Anthony Cook, tutor to Edward VI. and mother of the four learned females, Lady Burleigh, Lady Bacon, Lady Russell, and Mrs. Killigrew. Robert Earl of Essex. General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle. Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby, William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, the favourite minister of Queen Elizabeth. Christiana, Countess of Devonshire; a lady of distinguished abilities, and in her youth the Platonic mistress of the Earl of Pem broke, who wrote a volume of poems in her praise. Thomas Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton. Rachel Lady Russell, wife to the patriotic martyr, William Lord Russell, whose excessive grief for the fate of her husband is supposed to have occasioned her subsequent blindness. Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland. Henry Earl of Southampton, the patron of Shakspeare. Lucy Countess of Bedford, so celebrated by Spenser, Ben Jonson, Daniel, Donne, and the other wits of her day. The Earls of Salisbury and Exeter, sons to Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Sir Nicholas Throckmorton. Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, the chivalric favourite of Henry VIII. Margaret Countess of Cumberland, daughter to Francis second Earl of Bedford, and mother of the spirited Anne Clifford. Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick, and his countess, daughter to the same Francis Earl of Bedford. Francis second Earl of Bedford, whose liberality led Queen Elizabeth to say, that he made all the beggars. Sir Francis Russell, his son, slain by the Scots on a day of truce at a border meeting. Giles, Lord Chandos. The young and handsome Duke of Monmouth. James Earl of Carlisle. The learned Lady Anne Askew, who, for her religion, was barbarously burnt at the stake, at the arbitrary bidding of the king, Henry VIII. Comptroller Rogers, anno ætat. 69. Sir William Russell, Lord-Deputy of Ireland, whose gallant behaviour at the battle of Zutphen is so siugularly set forth by Stowe in his Chronicle. Rateliffe, Earl of Sussex. John Russell, the first Earl of Bedford of that name; a finished gentleman, scholar, soldier, and negociator. Sir Thomas More. Algernon Percy, Lord High-Admiral of England. Elizabeth Marchioness of Tavistock, mother to the present Duke of Bedford, as bridesmaid to the queen; a painting of consummate beauty, which we may perhaps venture to pronounce the chef-d'œuvre of Sir Joshua Reynolds' pencil. The saloon, drawing, and diningrooms, which are of suitable dimensions for such a mansion, are adorned with capital paintings by eminent masters of the foreign schools, the principal of which are: Joseph interpreting the Baker's Dream, and Flemish Girl, by Rembrandt. The Death of Abel, by Rubens. Christ in the Garden, by Annibal Caracci. The celebrated Dogs of Titian. Hawking Party, by Paul Potter. Christ's Vision, by Luca Giordano. Group of sporting Angels, and a beautiful Madonna and Child, by Murillo. Albertus Miræus, a learned Dean of Antwerp, by Vandyke. Benvenuto Cellini, in his youth, a curious aud interesting painting. Adrian Paulido Pareja, commander of the Spanish Armada, by Velasquez. Louis XV. of France. Various Flemish pieces by Teniers, Jan Steen, Van Staverow, and Both. Two magical views, one of Nimeguen, by Cuyp; and some magnificent landscapes by Claude, the Poussins, Wilson, Ruysdael, Salvator Rosa, Berghem, Fynaker, Wynants, and Ostade; with sea-pieces by Wouvermans, Backhuysen, Vande Capelle, and De Vlujen; and, finally, various subjects from the pencils of Schedoni, Mola, Castiglione, and Guercino. |