Hamilton Inventory M4/22: ‘A Catalogue of My Lord’s Pictures’: List of paintings of James, 3 rd Marquis, later 1st Duke of Hamilton, c. 1643 Transcript with spelling and punctuation modernise
Note on transcription
The artists’ names have been checked against the online indexes of the National Gallery, London and the National Maritime Museum, London, and modernised where possible. Those names which have not been found are transcribed in their original form.
Words added and information supplied by the transcriber are in square brackets. A query within square brackets indicates that the comment is speculative.
Minor deletions on the original manuscript have not been included.
The word ‘of’ before the name of an artist means ‘by’ and is usually preceded by a semi colon in this modernised transcript, e.g. ‘;of Titian’ means ‘;by Titian’.
The word ‘piece’ as in ‘A piece of Cain’ means ‘picture’.
A maiden’s picture with a pot of flowers
The Lord Feilding’s picture [Basil, Lord Feilding, brother-in-law of James, 3rd Marquis, later 1 st Duke of Hamilton]
An Ecce Homo
A Flora with a garment [garland] of roses upon her head
My Lady’s picture [Lady Mary Feilding, wife of James, 3rd Marquis, later 1 st Duke of Hamilton] when she was young
The Queen’s picture [Henrietta Maria, wife of King Charles I], full face [not in profile], a copy after Van Dyck
Catherine Parr [6 th wife of King Henry VIII]
16 A Jupiter in the clouds
Mary, Christ and Mary Magdalene
38 Case
A young man’s head with a black cap, in [with] a white feather
A boy piping, with leaves about his head
The head of St Jerome
A young man’s head
A Mary Magdalene
An old man’s head with a great beard
A landscape
A young man with a music book
A woman’s head [with] a black veil
The Jews scourging Christ
One old man’s head with a white beard
A man, holding a sword, in a blue coat and a blue cap
Two young men’s heads in [with] yellow hair and black caps
A woman’s head
One old man’s head with a great beard
Lot fleeing from Sodom
A woman with hanging breasts, and a Cupid flying over her
A St Jerome
A man in black with a golden chain in his hand
A Mary, Christ and John [the] Baptist
A friar holding of a book
A St Sebastian, of [by] the same Master [artist]
One old Pope with a book; of [by] the same Master
Titian’s picture
A half face [profile] of Christ
The Resurrection of Christ; after Titian
The devil sowing tares when the husbandman sleepeth