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the re p o rt o f 26 artists h av in g been em ployed upon
it for 7 y e ars does not a p p e a r to be im probable.
A m ong the painting s w ith w h ich the w alls are
covered are m an y p o rtra its o f E nglish kings, princes,
and princesses — th o se o f H en rietta, d a u g h te r of
C harles I., m arried to the b ro th er o f L ouis X IV .,
an d o f M ary, Queen o f Scots, ought to be noticed.
In one of the room s, used by th e u n fo rtu n ate
Queen C aroline M a tild a ,
(wife o f the profligate
and im becile C hristian V II., and sister o f G eorge
III.), a pane o f glass b ears the p ath etic p ra y e r,
cut b y h e r own h and w ith a diam ond,
”0
keep m e innocent, m ake o th ers g re a t!”
She died a t the early age o f 24, I Oth. M ay 1775,
a t Celle in H a n n o v e r, " th e victim o f a foul and
m u rd ero u s court intrigue.”
A lthough this u n h ap p y P rin cess can h a rd ly be
pronou nced to h av e been exem pt from e rro r, yet,
a t the sam e tim e, we m ust adm it th a t h e r B ro th e r’s
treatm en t o f h e r w as extrem ely h a rs h ; for here
she w as k ep t by his orders from M ay 1772 till the
d ay of her death.
T he feeling o f the nobility and
g en try in E ng land w as v ery strong in h e r favor,
and th ey certainly judged h e r case v ery differently
from the K ing, w ho loved to be "rig id ly rig hteo us.”
S everal of them entered into comm unication w ith
the ro y al captive a t C elle, offering th eir aid in