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Title: Sussex archaeological collections relating to the history and antiquities of the county
Year: 1872 (1870s)
Authors: Sussex Archaeological Society. 1n
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Publisher: Lewes, Eng. (etc.) Sussex Archaeological Society
Contributing Library: Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center
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icient reason why this was his usual mode of proceedingthither. He held an open book, and with doleful visage wassprawling on the ground; while on his back, in an oppositedirection from his head, was seated his schoolmaster,^ withuplifted hand about to be applied. Some of the succeeding figures were so mutilated that theycan only be imperfectly described.^ A helmeted warrior, who bestrided a tiger or panther,could next be discerned, and then a robed figure, wearing theruff of the period, with Eyes severe, and beard of formal cut, who, doubtless, was intended for the Justice. He wasbareheaded, and held in his hands a baton, and apparently apair of scales. An attenuated human being followed, in a sufficiently goodstate of preservation to be recognised as The lean and slippered pantaloon. 5 He wore upon his shoulders a hood, nurse and of the aged man are given inand from his girdle depended a rosary. the plate as being the least injured of the 6 Those of the infant suckled by the series.
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PANTALOON ON SNAIL. THE AYRES* CEILING, PETWORTH. 119 And, in conclusion, there was an apt, but much impairedillustration of the ** Last scene of all,That ends this strange, eventful history,Is second childishness, and mere oblivion ;Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything. The whole of these designs were boldly conceived andspiritedly executed. It has been conjectured that the artist may have beenbrought to Petworth by one of the Earls of Northumberland,and the dates before-mentioned synchronize with the timewhen Henry, the 9th Earl resided there.^ He, as is wellknown, made considerable additions to Petworth House ; wasfond of art and architecture, and designed an entirely newand magnificent mansion^^ at Petworth, of which the groundplan is still in existence. It is not unlikely, therefore, thatunder his patronage the person who executed this work camethither. Owing to the kindness of Lord Leconfield, such portions ofthis quaint relic of the Stuart period as could be prese

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