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 49 FISHMONGERS' HALL FROM THE RIVER.

Watercolour. 12 by 8-1/4 in.

The Fishmongers stand fourth on the list of the City Companies. This was their hall built after the Great Fire by Edward Jerman. It is said to have been the scene of Plate VIII of Hogarth's "Industry and Idleness," and was destroyed at the time of the rebuilding of London Bridge, which now covers its site. The present hall, near the north-west angle of the bridge, is a short distance farther up the river. The original hall had been the residence of Lord Fanhope.

Date about 1810.

Lent by Sir E. Coates.

50 LANDING AT THE "CROWN AND SCEPTRE" TAVERN, GREENWICH.

Watercolour. 11-3/4 by 8-1/4 in.

Part of Greenwich Hospital in mid-distance. The "Crown and Sceptre" was one of the old riverside taverns which ministered to the taste of Londoners for whitebait.

By (1756-1827).

Lent by Mr. E. H. Coles.

51 THE BANK LOTTERY.

Watercolour. 23-3/4 by 16-1/2 in.

A lottery in the Rotunda of the Bank of England.

Between 1709 and 1824 the Government raised large sums from lotteries authorized by Act of Parliament.

By (1756-1827).

Lent by Sir E. Coates.

52 BARTHOLOMEW FAIR.

Watercolour. 13 by 8-3/4 in.

In Smithfield, entrance of St. Bartholomew's Hospital on the left. The fair is in progress: there are booths, swings, etc., and many figures. St. Sepulchre's Church-tower in the distance.

In the same frame is an etching of the subject by Rowlandson, to which colour has been crudely added.

By, 1807 (1756-1827).

Lent by Sir E. Coates.