In St. Paul's churchyard, London, is buried JAMES WORSDALE, the painter and dramatic writer, a pupil of Sir Godfrey Kneller's, who died in 1767. He carried Pope's letters to Curll; and was buried in the churchyard, with an inscription of his own composing: "Eager to get, but not to keep the pelf A friend to all mankind, except himself." Sir GODFREY KNELLER died 1723, aged 75 years, and was buried at Twickenham,* where the only mention of his name is on a stone let into the churchyard wall, and is as follows: "1585 Superficial feet of ground was granted to this Parish, by his Grace Charles, Duke of Somerset, for the enlargement of this churchyard, 1713. Sir Godfrey Kneller and Thomas Vernon being Churchwardens." There is a splendid monument to his memory (by Rysbrack) in Westminster Abbey. It consists of a bust under a canopy, cupid holding the medallion profile of a lady. Beneath is this inscription (written by Pope) : "KNELLER! by Heaven, and not a master taught, Whose Art was Nature, and whose Picture thought; Now for two ages having snatch'd from Fate Whate'er was beauteous, or whate'er was great, Lies crown'd with princes' honours, poets' lays, Due to his merit and brave thirst of praise. Living, great Nature fear'd he might outvie Her works; and, dying, fears herself may die." "Sir Godfrey sent to me just before he died. He began by telling me he was now convinced he could not live, and fell into a passion of tears. I said I hoped he might, but that if not he knew it was the will of God. He answered, 'No, no, no, it is the Evil Spirit.' The next word he said was this: By God, I will not be buried in Westminster.' I asked him why? He answered, "They do bury fools there.' Then he said to me, 'My good friend, where will you be buried?' I said, 'Wherever I drop: very likely Twitnam.' He replied, So will I then proceeded to desire I would write his epitaph which I promised him."-Pope to Lord Strafford. Inscription over the remains of TITIAN. Beneath a plain sepulchral stone, in the church of Santa Maria de Frari, at Venice, rest the ashes of TITIAN, the prince of the Venetian school of painters; he died in 1576, aged 99: "Qvi Giace il gran TIZIANO de vecelli ANTHONY VANDYCK, the celebrated painter, died Dec. 9, 1641, aged 43, and was buried in St. Paul's Cathedral. The following is his epitaph (written by A. Cowley, the poet):— "His pieces so with their live objects strive On QUINTIN MATSYS, the blacksmith of Antwerp:— "When in his 20th year he became enamoured of a young woman, the daughter of a painter, whose father had made a vow that none but a painter should marry his daughter. He instantly resolved to abandon the hammer for the brush, and applied himself with so much assiduity that he soon produced pictures which gave promise of high excellence. He gained for his reward the fair hand for which he sighed, and rose to a high rank in his profession. He died in 1529." On a Monument erected, a century afterwards, to his memory, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame, at Antwerp, the inscription thus records the singular story of his life : : "All conquering love had made an Apelles In St. Paul's Cathedral is a statue (by Flaxman) of Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS, in his robes of office, as a doctor of laws, holding his lectures in his right hand, his left resting on a pedestal, exhibiting a head of Michael Angelo. The inscription is in Latin, and is thus translated:: "To JOSHUA REYNOLDS, Prince of the Painters of his age, and in the splendour and harmony of his colouring, bringing forth in turn the varieties of light and shade, scarcely second to any of the ancient Masters: who, while invested with the highest glories of his art, became yet more honourable by suavity of manners, and urbanity of life; who found his art languishing and decaying over the earth, and revived it by the force of his admirable example, illustrated it by rules exquisitely framed and delivered it to the hands of posterity corrected and polished. The friends and guardians of his fame The body of RAPHAEL, a sublime painter, who died 1520, aged 37, was consigned with great pomp to the church of Sta Maria Rotonda, at Rome, which was formerly the Pantheon, where his bones still rest, with the exception of his skull, which was afterwards placed in the academy of St. Luke. His tomb is indicated by his bust (executed by Naldini, and placed there by Carlo Maratti), and by the following epitaph (by Cardinal Bembo):— "Ille hic est RAPHAEL, timuit quo Sospite vinci Rerum magna parens, et moriente mori." EDWARD BIRD, R.A., painter to the princess Charlotte, was buried in the cloisters of Bristol Cathedral, where there is a flat stone with the following inscription upon And of MARTHA his widow, Their Children caused this stone to be placed as a To the Memory of Their Beloved Parents." In Hampton church : "Here lyeth the body of HUNTINGDON SHAW, of Nottingham, who died at Hampton Court, on the 20th of October, 1710. He was an artist in his way. He designed and executed the ornamental ironwork at Hampton Court Palace." "Sir DAVID WILKIE, the celebrated painter, was at Alexandria, in April, 1841, where he commenced a portrait of Mehemet Ali. He embarked for England, May 21, was taken ill on the voyage, and died June 1st, 1841, off Gibraltar. In the evening of the same day his body was committed to the deep.' On WILLIAM WOOLLETT, the celebrated engraver: "Engrav'd by genius on the human heart WOOLLETT thy works shall stand without a stain; And though the great original is gone The first impression ever shall remain." ACTORS. DAVID GARRICK was buried in Poets' Corner, Westminster Abbey, under a large blue marble flag stone, which bears the following inscription in gold letters:"DAVID GARRICK, Born 20th February, 1716, EVA MARIA GARRICK, Some years after his death, a monument was erected to his memory, at the expense of Mr. Albany Wallis, It consists of a full length figure, leaning forward, and throwing aside a curtain, which discovers a medallion of Shakspeare. Tragedy and Comedy are seated beneath. The monument bears this inscription :— "To the Memory of DAVID GARRICK, Who died in the year 1779, at the age of 63. To paint fair Nature, by divine command, |