Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases

EARLY HISTORY OF DURISDEER. 1 5
but there is the same objection as in the case of the
picture of her husband.
3. The Duchess of Marlborough. There is a doubt
respecting the individual represented by this picture, but
if it be Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, then it is likely
to be by Kneller, as it is believed to be. Her hair was
of a pale honey colour, and doubtless of a very pure and
rich tint. There is a pathetic anecdote respecting her
hair, how being once in a towering rage with her husband,
who admired her hair as her chief ornament, she, to spite
him, cut off her abundant tresses, laid them on a table in
an ante-room, where the Duke found them and put them
in his cabinet, where, after his death, she discovered
them among his most valued treasures. There are several
portraits of this lady at Althorpe, in which her hair is
always of this auburn colour.
Ante-chamber to Drawing-room. — Chancellor Hyde.
This is Edward Hyde, the great historian of the Re-
bellion, Earl of Clarendon, and Lord High Chancellor of
England, who died 9th December, 1674. It is the
representative of a thoughtful old gentleman, but • who
was the artist is unknown. It is likely to have been
Sir Peter Lely or Sir Godfrey Kneller.
Sitting-room of Duchess. — A variety of views of Drum-
lanrig Castle, in water colours, taken from different points,
by Leitch.
Morning-room. — Lady Catherine Hyde, wife of Duke
Charles, was second daughter of Henry, Earl of Claren-
don and Rochester, celebrated for her beauty, wit, and
sprightliness, by Pope, Swift, and other poets, particularly
by Prior in his well-known ballad beginning —
" Thus Kitty, beautiful and young,
And wild as colt untam'd."