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 40b CHURCH OF ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, FROM FORE STREET. Pencil. 7-3/4 by 6 in. The building here shown against the church, in foreground, was called the Quest-house. It was destroyed about eighteen years ago. This drawing is signed by Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, who between about 1820 and 1859 did hundreds of views of old London, but, unlike others of his surname, never exhibited at the Royal Academy, and is not noticed by Redgrave. By. Lent by Sir E. Coates.

41 HALL OF BROTHERHOOD OF HOLY TRINITY, ALDERSGATE.

Pencil. 16 by 13 in.

This hall, described on the drawing as a chapel, was on the west side of Aldersgate Street, a little beyond the church of St. Botolph, and was destroyed about 1790. Here was latterly the Aldersgate Coffee-house; the site is marked by Trinity Court.

The brotherhood was suppressed by Edward VI. It had been founded in 1377 as a fraternity of St. Fabian and St. Sebastian. The interior here shown has an open timber roof of the late fourteenth or early fifteenth century, and a Renaissance fireplace. In the large window is stained glass.

William Capon, who made this and many other topographical drawings, was a scene-painter and architect; his antiquarian knowledge was considerable. He was a conceited man, Sheridan called him "Pompous Billy."

By, 1790 (1757-1827).

Lent by Sir E. Coates.

42a ST. JAMES'S PARK AND BUCKINGHAM HOUSE.

Watercolour. 16-1/2 by 9-1/4 in.

From the end of the ornamental water looking towards Buckingham House; on the left are important buildings facing the park. Many figures, boy in foreground flying a kite. The canal was formed