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Closet , £ 60 . For carving 2 picture-frames set in the Queen's Chapel , £ 2 lis . Carving and Cutting the -1 white marble panels of y Pedestal of his M ; ij ' [ Charles II . ' s ] Statue on Horseback , £ ' 100 . And for cutting and carving the mouldings and ornaments for the Pedestal of the large Dial in the North Terrace , and for 17 foot of white marble for the two end panels of v Pedestal of His Maj '» Statue on Horseback " , £ 16 . In all as by ¦ 1 bills , £ 182 Is . "—Works at Windsor , 1 st Oct ., 16 / 8 , to

30 th Sept ., 1080 . "Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving work done and laid upon 28 seats and stalls carved with fruit , flowers , palms , laurels , pelicans , pigeons ; 5 foot of cornice that lias two members , enriched with leaves between each seat ; 20 foot of framing to every seat , according to contract , £ 518 . More to him- for carving the six vases with thistles , roses , and two hoys , laurels , palmsand other ornamentsin the front and upon the top of

, , the King's Seat , with drapery , fruit , flowers , crootesses , stars , roses , and several other ornaments of carving about the altar , pews , and other places in and about the King ' s Chapel , he finding timber and workmanship according to contract , £ 498 od . — £ 1016 5 d . "—Works at Windsor , 1 st Oct ., 1680 , to 30 th Sept .,

1682 . _ " Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving work done round the wainscot in Saint George ' s Hall round the inside of the pedestal panels to the cornice over the panels ; for carving 141 feet 5 inches of great leaf cornice upon the pedestal ; 118 foot 6 inches of swelling moulding round the five doors in the Hall , for carving 226 foot 3 inches of moulding iu the upper moulding of the rail going up the stairs into the King's Closet in the

Chapel , the panel in front of the stairs , the garter and festoons about the two Compass doors , the two Georges , the upper and lower rails on both sides , the panels and mouldings at the Throne in Sfc . George's Hall , with several other ornaments belonging to the said Trone , £ 328 16 * . lid . "—Works at Windsor , 1 st Oct ., 16 S 2 , to 33 th Sept ., 1681 . " Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving several frames over

the chimneys , picture-frames , and altarpieces , in the King ' s and Queen ' s Chapel , y Queen ' s old Bedchamber and Dressing Rooms , and several other lodgings , £ 96 19 s . Od . "— -Works at AVindsor , 1 st Oct ., 1681 , to 30 th Sept ., 1688 . " Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving two foliage panels for the Confession chair in the King's Chapel , 10 s . And for carving a model for the founder to cast the copper pipes that convey tbe water into the Queens bathing cisterns , 10 s . —50 s . " —Works at AVindsor , 1 st Oct ., 1686 , to 25 th Sept ., 1688 .

" To Grinling Gibbons , carver ot her Majesty ' s works at AVindsor Castle , for his allowance of £ 100 per ami . for looking , cleansing , and repairing the said carved works for half a year ended Xmas , 1681 , — £ 50 . And for ten years' allow at y said rate ended Micas , 1701 allowed by warr of y" Lords Commiss * - of the Treasury dated y 1 of December , 1 G 91 , which were confirmed and directed to be executed by y ° said late Lords Commiss ™ y « 12 th of April 1695— £ 1000 . —In both £ 1050 . "—

, , , Roberts's Acct . of Windsor from April , 1 GS 8 , to 30 th Sept ., 1702 . " Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving y hollow of y cornice over y" marble chiinney piece in the Queen's New Closet by y Gallery , mending and new making some pieces that were lost of y - carving in y" Queen's Room ; mending and altering the carving in y ° Queen ' s Closet , in the Long Gallery , and making new pieces , and for other carved works by him done as by two

bills of •}¦ " particulars appear , £ 5 lis . < kl . " Eoberts's , & c . [ same service and time ] . " Grinling Gibbons , carver , for carving a chimney piece in lime tree with fruit , flowers , and birds , iu y ° Queen's Dressing Room ; carving six frames ; carving a code's head for y " Duchess of Marlborough's side board , and a snake's head for a basin at y ' Queen ' s back stairs ; for carving a plum for a glass in her 'Majesty ' s Dressing Room , and other workes , & c . by three bills , £ 39 19 * " lOd . " AVorks at Windsor , 1702-7 .

Gibbons says Walpole " had several disciples and workmen . " He mentions Seldon and Watton , and to these I now add a third and hitherto unknown assistant : — " Grinling Gibbous and Henry Phillips , carvers , for severall sorts of carved works hy them performed [ at Whitehall ] upon the Chimney-pieces , Pedestalls , and picture frames of the King's

great and little Bedchambers and Presence , his Ma ties Closet , Musicke Room , Eating Room , Withdrawing Room , Bedchamber , and Gallery , and in our rooms at the Duchess of Portsmouth's Lodgings , £ 25 Ids . "

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' : The Crown Accounts contain a further joint payment to them of £ 514 17 * . Sd . for works at Windsor . My extract is , unfortunately , imperfect . The historical entry touching King James II ., to which I have referred as new aud unknown to Lord Macaulay , runs as follows : — " To Grinling Gibbons , Master Carver , for taking down the

Marble Altar Piece , with tho Columns , Ornaments , and 1 'igures thereto belonging , in the late King . lames the Second ' s Chapel at Whitehall , and loading the same into barges , and delivery thereof at Hampton Court , according to contract , £ 130 . More to him for carving cornishes , mouldings , and picture frames for architrave frese , subbase , and other carver ' s work hy him done in and aboufc the said building , £ 520 7 s . id . "—Works at Hampton Court 1 st April 1691 to Slsfc March 1 C 96 .

, , , , Who , after reading this , will look on the altar-piece at Hampton Court Palace without recalling ( forced as it were upon him ) an instructive trace of historical , associations ? That ill-suited altar-piece cost King James II . three Kingdoms , placed his son-in-law , " the hero William" and his two daughterson the

, , throne of England , and was a primary cause that James died in exile at St . Germains . Gibbons survived his wife between nine and ten months , the register of Sfc . Paul's Covent Garden , recording her burial on the 30 th November , 1719 , and that of Gibbons himself on the 10 th August

, 1720 . Of their children—nine or ten in number —I can learn nothing but their names and the dates of baptism and burial of each in their father ' s and their own parish Church of St . Paul ' s , Covent Garden PEXEB CmTN-ns-anAsr .

Importance Of Detail In Architecture.

IMPORTANCE OF DETAIL IN ARCHITECTURE .

In treating of our subject , we shall touch upon the arts generally , and try to discover some of the causes of success aud failure attending the practice of them . We shall endeavour to show thafc what applies to one , will , without much modification , apply with equal force to another , and we trust that our drift , if at first obscure , will in the end be appreciated and apparent fco all . As

the premises of our arguments will be generally admitted facts , our conclusions , we hope , will in consequence he souud . Architectural detail is a term broad as ifc is significant ; by his thorough appreciation and knowledge of ifc must au architect test his claim to consideration and fame . Before commencing practice , he must have formedin

, his own mind , a set of rules for its governance , and these rules must have been based upon well-known and admitted laws in connection with the line arts ; for one art is so mixed aud interwoven with another , that a thorough knowledge of one can never be gained unless fche whole

of the others are more or less understood . This now is allowed more readily by the professors o £ the art under consideration , than by those of painting aud sculpture ; yet all who have studied the matter , know how many failures might have been avoided , and how much ground gained , had each been better acquainted with the other , and we shall not be going- too far in

averring that this rule applies most forcibly to architecture , the home or resting place of its sisters . Not that it should be subservient to them , but that upon thenentrance into its portals , a chord of harmony should be struck that should echo until Time ' s ruthless hand had stilled vibrations which could only cease wifch existence . For the waves of light which strike upon the eye fill the

soul with quite as much deli ght , from reflection of form and colour , as the grandest melody . A building , a picture , a piece of sculpture , or music is termed a composition , as each is composed of many parts , and according to fche skill displayed iu the distribution of