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LIST OF TAPESTRIES FORMELY BELONGING TO THE 4th MARQUESS OF HERTFORD AND SIR RICHARD WALLACE.

5 panels Beauvais Histoire de Psyché (Philadelphia, ex Hamilton Rice and Seligmann; from rue Lafitte)

4 panels Gobelins Histoire de Jason (Wadsworth Athenaeum, ex Iveagh-Moyne; sold Wallace 1876)

4 panels Gobelins Don Quichotte, yellow ground. (Present whereabouts unknown, but exhibited Lord Hertford 1864; sold Wallace 1876; resold de Gunzbourg, Paris 1884).

4 panels Gobelins Don Quichotte, red ground. (Present whereabouts unknown, but sold Wallace 1876 and possibly bought by King of Spain in London 1883. Fenaille says they were at the Château d'Epinay in 1900).

2 panels Beauvais (?) with French royal arms on red and blue grounds respectively. (Exh. Lord Hertford 1865, and possibly still with Seligmann, Paris. One seen by me 1949?)

1 panel Beauvais Le Repas after Le Prince. (Exh. Lord Hertford 1865 but present whereabouts uncertain. See letter of 31st May 1953. Loewsenstein?)

1 panel Gobelins La Terre after Le Brun. (Bought by Wallace from Beurdeley, 1872, but present whereabouts unknown).

1 panel La Toilette de Flore (Exh. Lord Hertford, 1865, No. 5739. Present whereabouts unknown) .

1 panel Gobelins Junon et Diane signed by Neilson (Exh. Lord Hertford 1865, No. 5744. Present whereabouts unknown)

4 panels Flemish "Gothic" tapestries after the Roman de la Rose (Bought by Wallace from Beurdeley 1872; present whereabouts unknown but mentioned by Gaston Migeon Les Arts Tissu, 1900, p.228, where subjects are given.)