III.--The Croker portrait. We have it on the authority of Boaden
that this portrait, which he said was the property of the Right Hon.
J. Wilson Croker, was a replica of the Janssen. There was a
mystery, not in the least cleared up, concerning these two pictures
and their history. I am unable to ascertain who at present owns the
later one. Collectors of the prints can always distinguish between
the two. The only engraving of the Croker portrait was by R.
Cooper; published January 1, 1824, by G. Smeeton, and is an oval in
a shaded rectangle. All the rest are either from the Janssen, or
from Dunkarton's engraving of it. {37}
IV.--The Chandos portrait (on wood) in the National Portrait Gallery
at South Kensington. It has been traced back to 1668, when, on
Davenant's death, it passed to John Otway: but not in its present
or even late condition.
V.--The Lumley portrait, well known through the admirable chromo-
lithograph, by Mr. Vincent Brooks (which is scarcely distinguishable
from the original), and once sold for forty guineas as the original
portrait. It has been traced back to 1785.
VI.--The Ashbourne portrait.
VII.--The Felton portrait (on wood), traced back to 1792.
VIII.--The Challis portrait (on wood).
IX.--The Hunt portrait: at the Birthplace. This is not in its
original state, and cannot be judged-of apart from a copy of it in
the possession of John Rabone, Esq.
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