HYLAND
creators of Copse Hill and its many tableaux of precious
heirlooms and other objects, not to mention its gardens (the
subject of a related article in this issue of HYLAND).
In the study is a small, highly detailed painting which
provides a key to certain of these objets: it is an 1820s self-
portrait, depicting Pierre Antoine Labouchere, who married
Baron Oberkampf's granddaughter, in his study. He is fan-
cifully costumed as a religious of unspecified order in red
robe and cap. The room he occupies is 17th century in
feeling, with a canopied, red curtained bed alcove in the
corner, Roman figurines and busts on top of the book-
lined etagere. The cleric faces two small Renaissance
