and for a sketch of it, as it now stands, to the end of this fection. HAVING traversed these charming grounds in which the hand of nature has been fo peculiarly luxuriant, we were highly gratified within the dwelling-house, by a view of the no less excellent productions of art, by the noble Countess of Aylesbury, whose imitations of Cuyp, Rofa de Tivoli, Vandyck, Gainsborough, &c. in needle-work, are little inferior in effect to their originals. They are worked in worsteds, with so much tafte, and so happily managed in the various tints, as to deceive at a small distance; one in particular, a portrait from Vandyck, in which the colours are so artfully blended, appears across the room, a sketch of that great mafter. QUITTING the enchanting fcenery of Park-place, by an eafy descent towards the river-fide, the bridge and town of Henley, at the distance of about a mile and a half, present a scene, which, though more confined, is yet happily contrasted with the extensive one we have just quitted. VOL. I. Z SEC |