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W I T H AN INTRODUCTORY VIEW OF THE STATE OF FEMALE SOCIETY,
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BY
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COMPRISINO
A S E R I E S O F TWE N T Y - O N E S P L E N D I D PORTRAITS,
I l l u s t r a t i n g the Diaries of Pepys, Evelyn, Clarendon
C h a r l o t t e . s.,...-^,.........,,.^
T h e following is a b r i e f descr ipt ive Li s t of the Portraits
w h i c h supplies what has long been a d e s ide r a tu m in the Inne Ar ts, and forms a
s u i t a b l e Companion to " L o d g e ' s Portraits
CATHERINE OF BRAGANZA, the unhappy
a n d slighted wife of Charles.
LADY CASTLEMAINE, afterwards Duchess
of aeveland, the haught y enslaver of the
M o n a r c h .
LA BELLE HAMILTON, Countess de Graram
o n t , one of the ancestors of the Jerningh
a m family.
ITie gentle and blameless COUNTESS OF
OSSORY, interesting from her beauty, her
t e n d e r n e s s , andher feminine virtues.
N E L L GWYNNE, merry and open-hearted,
who, w i t h all h e r faul ts, w a s a t least exempt
from the court l y vice of hypocrisy.
T h e beautiful and wealthy DUCHESS OF
SOMERSET, the wife of three successive
h u s b a n d s , one of whom encountered a
t r a g i c a l fate.
The noted FRANCES STEWART, Duchess of
Richmond, whose marri^e was the imm
e d i a t e cause of Lor d C l a r endon' s disgrace.
MISS LAWSON, mUd and gentle, yet opposi
n g the fort i tude of virtue t o the perils of a
l i c e n t i o u s Court.
T H E COUNTESS OF CHESTERFIELD, one
of the fair principals of De Grammont's
c e l e b r a t e d story of t h e " Has Verts. "
T H E COUNTESS OF SOUTHESK, whose
f a u l t s , fol l ies, and miseries, cons t i tut e a tale
well fitted to " point a moral."
T h e interesting and exemplary COUNTESS
O F ROCHESTER.
T h e beauteous a n d a r r o g a n t LADYDENHAM,
i n t e r e s t i n g from the poetical fame of her
h u s b a n d , and her own tragical fate.
T h e magnificent LADY BELLASYS, ren
o w n e d for h e r beauty, wi t , and spirit.
MRS. NOTT, fair, s ent iment a l , a n d Madonnal
i k e .
ANNE DIGBY, Countess of Sutherland,
b e a u t i f u l and blameless, the fnend of the
a n g e l i c Lady Russell, and of the exceUent
E v e l y n .
T h e fair coquet te, MRS. MIDDLETON.
M I S S BAGOT, the irreproachabl e wi f e of two
l i b e r t i n e Lords.
T h e fair, the elegant, and the fascinating
M I S S JENNINGS, who robbed the men
of thei r hearts, the women of their lovers,
b u t never lost herself."
T H E DUCHESS OP PORTSMOUTH, one
of t h e mos t absolute of Royal Favourites.
T H E COUNTESS OF NORTHUMBERLAND,
d i s t i n g u i s h e d for her uncommon grace and
b e a u t y , and the blameless tenour of her life.
And THE DUCHESS OF DEVONSHIRE,
f a i r , k i n d , and true, and wedded to a noblem
a n , who, to the valovir and bearing of a
P a l a d i n of old romance, added the spirit of
a n a n c i e n t Roman.