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 18 WESTMINSTER FROM THE GARDEN OF OLD SOMERSET HOUSE.

Watercolour. 14-1/4 by 10-1/2 in.

This drawing, like No. 14, is stamped with the initials " PS." It was therefore in the collection of Paul Sandby, and below it, on mount, is the following inscription (not contemporary), "Drawn by T Sandby 1752."

By, R.A. (1721-1798). Lent by H.M. the King.

19 OLD LONDON BRIDGE FROM BILLINGSGATE.

Watercolour. 21-1/4 by 12-1/2 in.

Shows, on the Surrey side of the river, St. Olave's Church, Tooley Street, lately closed, a neighbouring shot tower destroyed in a fire of 1843, and St. Saviour's Church, now Southwark Cathedral.

By, 1828. Lent by Sir E. Coates.

20 OLD LONDON BRIDGE FROM THE WEST.

Watercolour. 22 by 12-1/2 in.

The bridge as altered when the houses on it were pulled down soon after the middle of the eighteenth century. The wide arch was then formed by the removal of a pier, two arches being thrown into one, which nearly caused the collapse of the fabric. An archaic steamer has a greyhound painted on its paddle-box.

By, 1830. Lent by Sir E. Coates.

21 BARN ELMS, 1793.

Watercolour. 12 by 9-1/2 in.

Scene by the river near Barnes. In the distance are the towers of Fulham Church and of Putney Church at each end of old Putney Bridge.

Barn Elms, east of what was the village of Barnes and extending to the river, doubtless derived its second name from the trees that abounded there. The mansion called Barn Elms, which is the chief building and has considerable grounds attached to it, is now occupied by the Ranelagh Club, which moved there from Ranelagh House, Fulham (not to be confused with Ranelagh, Chelsea), in 1884. At