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 60 MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL FROM SOUTH-EAST.

Watercolour. 9-3/4 by 6-3/4 in.

Built in 1572. Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night" is mentioned by a student named Manningham as having been performed here on 2 February 1601-2. The outside was dressed with stone in 1757.

To spectator's left the Temple Fountain is shown, approached by steps.

Lent by Sir E. Coates.

61 WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM DEAN'S YARD.

18-1/4 by 12-3/4 in.

A general view of the Abbey from the south-west, Westminster schoolboys and masters in foreground. There is an engraving of this subject.

By the Elder (1726-1801).

Lent by the City of Birmingham Art Gallery.

62 BEAUCHAMP TOWER—TOWER OF LONDON.

Watercolour. 6 by 6-3/4 in.

Under the mount are the words in pencil "Beauchamp Tower," and this is probably correct. The building, however, has been much altered since 1798.

Charles Tomkins, painter and aquatint engraver, son of W. Tomkins, A.R.A., did a number of topographical views of London. In 1796 he published a "Tour in the Isle of Wight," with eighty engravings, and in 1805 "Views of Reading Abbey."

By, 1798 (1757-1810).

Lent by Mr. E. H. Coles.

63 WAPPING.

21-1/4 by 16-3/4 in.

Important houses on river front. Boat building in progress.

By (1773-1802).

Lent by the Leicester Art Gallery.

64 EAST INDIA HOUSE FROM THE WEST.

Watercolour. 38 by 28 in.

In "Relics of the Hon. East India Company," illustrations by W. Griggs, letterpress by Sir George Birdwood and W. Foster, a