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FREDENSBORG.
Chap. XXI.
the great hall—an uncommon luxury. The pictures are
the refuse of the royal collections; among them I
observed one good portrait of the founder Frederic IV.,
and a charming full-length likeness of the Arveprinds,
son of Juliana and father to Christian VIII., a beautiful
boy,—Frederic the Hunchback he was popularly termed.
At the age of eleven he fell down the staircase at
Amalienborg, injured his spine, and never recovered
from the effects of the accident. There is also a portrait
of the brother of Queen Juliana, the celebrated Duke
of Brunswick, who fell at Jena.
Of all extraordinary puzzle-brained inventions is a
frame arranged like a Venetian blind, with portraits of
sovereigns of the house of Austria, painted on triangular
pieces of wood. First the Emperor Joseph; pass your
hand, turning the wood, Maria Theresa comes out; turn
again, and the Emperor Francis makes his appearance.
We were pointed out the “growth” of King Frederic VI.,
pencilled on the door-posts, and, courtier-like, were
profoundly astonished how his Majesty had increased in
stature from the year ’78 to that of ’83.
We next visited the Royal Chapel, fitted, in accordance
with the date of the building, with closets and pews—
no questions of sittings here—the royal household all
arranged and marshalled according to rank and
precedence, their offices registered on the doors: women on
one side, men on the other; hof-damerne (ladies of
rank), hof-damerne piges (maids), &c., down to the wives
of the very stablemen. Then, on the male division,
hof-marshals and kammerjunkers, physicians, cooks, “ the
livery” of his Majesty, “livery” of her Majesty; the
whole concluding with the stable-folk. The royal closet
is situated on the floor at the end of the chapel, beyond
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