154 Partof HenryHolland's1788 enlargement enclosed the existing outside wall and allowed direct access to the South Drawing Room. In Edwardian times, the corridor was called ' the Painters'Passage', and Lord Spencer has returned this corridor to the décor of his grandfather's time and given it its previous name. The Roman Emperors'busts have been retrieved from the attics and the marble busts from throughout the house have been brought to this one site. There are two busts of definitive likeness: a marble one of Charles Le Brun, Premier Peintre du Roi to Louis XIV, byAntoine Coysevoxand Van Dyck, by John Michael Rysbrack. Abust of Earl Godolphin commissioned by Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough by Rysbrack, was rescued from the fire at Wimbledon Park in 1785 - although its compan-ion, a bust of Duke of Marlborough, did not survive. Rysbrack, manyof whose works are in Westminster Abbey, was described by Horace Walpole, afrequent visitor, as ' the greatest master seen in these islands since Le Sueur'- ajudgement history has confirmed. A sculpture of " The Innocent" being carried to Heaven by Joseph Nollenkens, was commissioned by Lord Spencer in Rome in 1764, and is believed to havebeen displayed in the Painted room at Spencer house. The collection of paintings, many of them self- portraits by artists of Dutch, Italian and English studios, were inherited through Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough, and originally hung in her Wimbledon manor. Either side of the door the South Drawing Room is a wind clock with weather vane, attached to an outside vane linked mechanically to the roof. These were installed probably at the time of Holland's alterations. THE PAINTERS'PASSAGE

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