Memoir of the life of John Law of Lauriston

190 LIFE OF JOHN LAW
to power, an instance of which will be found
in the subjoined note.*
In Bromley's Catalogue of British Portraits,
four engravings or designs of Mr. Law are
noticed ; 1. folio, engraved by PAnglois ; 2.
quarto, designed by Hubert ; 3. quarto, en-
graved by Des Rochers ; and, 4. quarto, paint-
ed by Rigand, and engraved by F. de Schmidt.
In the Earl of Orford's gallery at Strawberry
Hill was a portrait, in crayons, of " John
Law, Inventor of the Missisippi Scheme, and
Prime Minister to the Regent Duke of Or-
leans, one of the best of Rosalba's works." f
His Lordship wrote to a friend : " Strawberry
Hill, 14th November 1792. I have a portrait
of Law, and should not object to letting a copy
of it be taken, but I doubt that could not be
* M. Laws a eu violent querelle avec ce fou De
(the Prince of Conti) qui vouloit lui forcer a faire une
chose expressement defendu par mon fils. Scavez vous
bien que je suis, demanda-t il a Laws ? Oui, repondit
celui-ci, sans cela je ne vous respecterois pas commeje
fais. Vous devez done m'obeir, ditl'un. Je vous obei-
rai, dit l'autre, quand vous serez Regent. — Fragm. ii.
271.
t Orford's Works, ii. 463.