Show WARWICK CASTLE A peep anto the EncI Ili palace of the kingmaker one could spend days looking at the pictures at warwick and at tho taro and curios there is a table tho dab of which ia made of fine marble apis lazuli and precious stones which belonged to mario antoinette in the red drawing room are of enamels also bohemian glass and venetian crystals this room leads to the cedar drawing room whose walla aro 10 feet in thickness one of abo many valuable and beautiful ornaments in this room ie a bust of proserpine by our american sculptor power abo living rooms of tho castio extend feet in length and each window gives charming views of the grounds in one of cheso rooms the gilt drawing room is a florentine mosaic table enriched with precious stones brought from tho grimani palace in venice its value is which please remember is of yankee money tho grimani arms abo kopos triple crown lion of st mark doges cap keys of st peter and cardinals bat aro illustrated in jasper onyx amethyst malachite and cornelian ou its surface A moment after leaving the gilt drawing room abid we aro in the state bedroom chero good queen anno slept and in which her big dreary looking bed still stands we dont seem to know much abent queen annea belongings thus her bed and traveling trunks at its foot arouse our interest in these trunks were her clothes they are sensible ponderous trunks covered with brown leather and studded with brass nails even an american baggage smashing porter would have bound queen annas trunks too largo an order to destroy gego III presented this bedstead with its faded crimson its ac feet high posts over the fireplace hangs a fine portrait of the queen herself painted by sir godfrey kneller it is in this detato bedroom that queen victoria slept when she visited warwick castio with tho late consort I 1 dont know whether she occupied ainoa bed but if eo I 1 bobo bopo it was more comfortable than it looks from tho bedroom is a boudoir literally crammed with paintings hero is henry VIII A boar hunt by rubens A dead christ on copper by a follower of correggio charles beauties by deiy a san sebastian by vandyke card players by Teni irs and a salvator kosa landscape the castles state dining room was burned out in 1871 but it has been reproduced on tho old lires and is a truly royal apartment on either sido of tho massico fireplace where many a yule log has slowly bumen itself out to white ashes tharo are gilt venetian figures above tho fireplace bangs sketch of lions thero is also in this room a droll portrait of george III in the arms of his mother the castio boasts a shakespeare room uc signed and added by the late call and to which the county of warwick presented tho kenilworth buffet in ancient oak into this room have been collected all procurable shakespeare relics and resting on an old claw tooted oak bablo all tho works with the admirable edition of shakespeare of the late halliwell phillipps the place has been called the castle of the kingmaker who can visit this historic bouse and not desire to reread lord or as you please the last of tho barons whoso text of composition is furnished by the annals of this wonderful castio and its wonderful earl richard navil boston herald |