Overview: The 126 items in this exhibition, including 118 drawings for scenery and costumes for the court masques of James I and Charles I, a portrait bust, 5 stage set models, and 2 costume reconstructions, were lent by the Duke of Devonshire and the trustees of the Chatsworth settlement. Objects in the exhibition had been shown at Chatsworth during the summers of 1965 and 1966.

Organization: The initial selection from more than 400 works was made by Thomas S. Wragg, librarian and keeper of the Devonshire collections, who accompanied the exhibition to the United States. Roy S. Strong, deputy keeper of the National Portrait Gallery in London, wrote the entries and introduction for the catalogue. The exhibition was organized and circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation.

Other Venues:

• Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 05/04/1967–06/04/1967
• Los Angeles County Museum of Arts, 07/17/1967–08/31/1967
• Detroit Institute of Arts, 09/15/1967–10/15/1967
• National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, 11/01/1967–11/30/1967
• Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, 12/15/1967–01/14/1968
• Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 02/01/1968–02/29/1968
• William Rockhill Nelson Gallery, Kansas City, Missouri, 03/15/1968–04/14/1968
• Minneapolis Institute of Arts, 05/01/1968–05/31/1968
• Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, 09/14/1968–10/15/1968
• Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 11/01/1968–12/01/1968