money, and his pall being borne up by three Dukes, two Marquisses, and five other noblemen.64 64 The following account of the ceremonial was written by a friend the day after the funeral, and published in several of the News-papers. 66 On Saturday last, at half an hour after three o'clock, was interred the body of Sir Joshua Reynolds, Knt. Doctor of Laws in the Universities of Oxford and Dublin, Principal Painter to his Majesty, president of the RoyalAcademy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, Fellow of the Royal Society, and Fellow of the Society of Antiquarians. "He was interred in the vast crypt of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul, next to the body of Dr. Newton, late Bishop of Bristol, himself an eminent critick in Poetry and painting, and close by the tomb of the famous Sir Christopher Wren, the architect of that great edifice. "The body was conveyed on the preceding night to the Royal Academy, according to the express orders of his Majesty, by a condescention highly honourable to the memory of Sir Joshua Reynolds, and gratifying to the wishes of that Society of eminent Artists. It lay that night, and until the beginning of the funeral procession, in state, in the Model-Room of the Academy. The company who attended the funeral, assembled in the Library and Council-Chamber; the Royal Acade my in the Exhibition-Room. "The company consisted of a great number of the most Though his friend, Dr. Johnson was buried in Westminster-Abbey, and it had been de distinguished persons, who were emulous in their desire of paying the last honours to the remains of him, whose life had been distinguished by the exertions of the highest talents, and the exercise of every virtue that can make a man respected and beloved. Many more were prevented by illness, and unexpected and unavoidable occasions, which they much regretted, from attending. "Never was a publick solemnity conducted with more order, decorum, and dignity. The procession set out at half an hour after twelve o'clock. The herse arrived at the great western gate of St. Paul's, about a quarter after two, and was there met by the Dignitaries of the Church, and by the gentlemen of the Choir, who chaunted the proper Psalms, whilst the procession moved to the entrance of the choir, where was performed, in a superior manner, the full-choir evening-service, together with the famous Anthem of Dr. Boice; the body remaining during the whole time in the centre of the choir. "The Chief Mourner and Gentlemen of the Academy as of the family, were placed by the Body. The Chief Mourner in a chair at the head; the two attendants at the feet; the Pall-Bearers and Executors in the seats on the decanal side; the other Noblemen and gentlemen on the cantorial side. The Bishop of London was in his proper place, as were the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs. "After the service, the body was conveyed into the crypt, and placed immediately beneath the perforated brass-plate, under the centre of the doom. Dr. Jefferies, termined to erect a monument to him there, so desirous was Sir Joshua Reynolds that St. Canon Residentary, with the other Canons, and the whole Choir, came under the doom; the grave digger attending in the middle with a shovel of mould, which at the proper time was thrown through the aperture of the plate, on the coffin. The funeral service was chaunted, and accompanied on the organ in a grand and affecting manner. When the funeral service was ended, the Chief Mourners and Executors went into the crypt, and attended the corpse to the grave, which was dug under the pavement. The Lord Mayor and Sheriffs honoured the procession by coming to Somerset-Place, where an officer's guard of thirty men was placed at the great court-gate. After the procession had passed through Temple-Bar, the gates were shut by order of the Lord Mayor, to prevent any interruption from carriages passing to or from the City. The spectators, both in the church and in the street, were innumerable. The shops were shut, the windows of every house were filled, and the people in the streets, who seemed to share in the general sorrow, beheld the whole with respect and silence. The Order of the Procession was as follows: The HEARSE with six horses. Paul's should be decorated by Sculpture, which he thought would be highly beneficial Tén pall-bearers, viz. The Duke of Dorset, Lord High Steward of his Majesty's Household. Duke of Leeds. Duke of Portland. Earl of Inchiquin. Earl of Upper-Ossory. Lord Viscount Palmerston. Lord Eliot, Robert Lovel Gwatkin, Esq. Chief Mourner. Two Attendants of the Family. The Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, Edmond Malone, Esq. Executors. Philip Meltcalf, Esq. The Royal Academicians and Students. Bennet Langton, Esq. (Professor in ancient literature.) James Boswell, Esq. (Secretary for foreign correspondence,) The Archbishop of York. The Marquis of Buckingham. Earl of Fife. Earl of Carysfort. Lord St. Asaph. Lord Bishop of London. Lord Fortescue. Lord Somers. Lord Lucan. The Dean of Norwich. Right Hon. W. Windham. Sir Abraham Hume, Bt. Sir George Beaumont, Bt. Sir Thomas Dundas, Bt. to the Arts," that he prevailed on those who were associated with him in the management Sir Charles Bunbury, Bt. Sir William Forbes, Bt. Dr. Brocklesby, Dr. Blagden. Sir William Scott, M. P. George Rose, Esq. M. P. John Rolle, Esq. M. P. William Weddell, Esq. M. P. Reginald Pole Carew, Esq. M. P. Richard Clarke, Esq. Mat. Montagu, Esq. M. P. Rd. P. Knight, Esq. M,P. Dudley North, Esq. M. P. Charles Townley, Esq. Abel Moysey, Esq. John Cleveland, Esq. M. P. John Thomas Batt, Esq. Welbore Ellis Agar, Esq. Colonel Gwyn, Captain Pole. Dr. Laurence, William Seward, Esq. James Martin, Esq. Drewe, Esq. Edward Jerningham, Esq. William Vachel, Esq. Richard Burke, Esq. Thomas Coutts, Esq. John Julius Angerstein, Esq. Edward Gwatkin, Esq. Charles Burney, Esq. John Hunter, Esq, William Cruikshank, Esq. Home, Esq. John Philip Kemble, Esq. Joseph Hickey, Esq. Mr. Alderman Boydell, John Devaynes, Esq. "The company were conveyed in forty-two mourning coaches; and forty-nine coaches belonging to the Noblemen and Gentlemen attended empty." To each of the gentlemen who attended on this occasion, was presented a print engraved by Bartolozzi, representing a female clasping an urn; accompanied by the Genius of Painting, holding in one hand an extinguished torch, |