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 76 RIVER SCENE AT GREENWICH.

Oil picture. 23-1/4 by 19-1/2 in.

Looking up the river, Greenwich Hospital on the left. Boats and shipping. In the preface, p. 16, Samuel Scott has already been referred to.

By (about 1710-1772).

Lent by Mr. C. H. St. John Hornby.

77 EAST INDIA HOUSE FROM THE EAST.

Watercolour. 37 by 25-1/2 in.

Shows the façade of the East India House as rebuilt according to the design of Richard Jupp, architect of the Company, and afterwards carried out by his successor, H. Holland, when the house was extended east to Lime Street. The pediment of the Ionic portico was filled with sculpture by John Bacon, R.A. The ornate building, of which we have a separate view (No. 17), is next to the East India House, on the west. Beyond are the spire of St. Peter's, Cornhill, and the tower of St. Michael's.

By the Younger (1748-1804).

Lent by the Secretary of State for India.

78 A WATER PAGEANT ON THE THAMES.

Oil picture. 43-1/2 by 23-1/2 in.

This doubtless represents a procession of the Lord Mayor elect from Three Crane Stairs to Westminster, which until the adoption of the new style in 1752 took place on 29 October (the day after the feast of SS. Simon and Jude) and was the precursor of the present Lord Mayor's Show. A gay scene and evidently a noisy one, the river crowded with state barges belonging to the Corporation and the City Companies, adorned with flags, streamers, pendants, etc., and there is much loud music. To spectator's left is old Somerset House, every point of vantage occupied by spectators watching the show. Behind is the steeple of St. Mary-le-Strand. St. Paul's Cathedral is conspicuous, and many church towers and spires appear, also the Monument, part of old London Bridge before the removal of houses, and in the distance the Tower of London.

School of.

Lent by the Earl Brownlow.