The Black Prince from St Stephen's Chapel, Westminster (dated about 1355). He is said to have gained his name by the colour of the armour which he wore in battle. In this paiting he is not so distinguished: but he perhaps did not introduce this peculiarity in the armour which he wore on pompous occasions, and in which he is no doubt here represented. Three letters only of the end of his name are preserved at the foot of the picture, which are a convincing proof that mutilations were made after its completion. - This is the gallant son of Edward III, the prince whom his father rejoiced to salute as the victor of Crecy. At this battle, 26th August 1346, Prince Edward was only 16 and he there first adopted the crest of the ostrich feathers (ever since held by the Prince of Wales), with the motto ich dien (I serve). In 1356, Edward gained another great victory, the memorable battle Poitiers, in which the king of France was made prisoner, and was brought by the prince to England. In the war in 1372, Edward was compelled by sickness to return to England. During the peace (which lasted through the remainder of his father's reign) he increased the love which the English people had ever borne towards him, by advocating popular measures of state. The sorrow was great and universal, when their favourite prince died on the 8th June 1376, at the age of 46. He was buried with great pomp in Canterbury Cathedral, where his monument and effigy still remain. He is there represented in armour which differs but little from that in which he is clad in this picture. The king followed his son to the grave in the following year. This portrait of the Black Prince is taken from the same painting found on the walls of St Stephen's Chapel at Westminster, containing the portrait of his royal father, Edward III.