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first winner is doubtful, but this portrait is contemporary. He is seated in his roomy craft; on the river bank are buildings which cannot be identified.

Doggett, who provided funds for this event, was a well-known actor, and a keen Hanoverian. The race was originally rowed from the Old Swan, London Bridge, to the White Swan, Chelsea. One of the most famous winners was John Broughton, 1730, who was also for many years champion boxer of England.

Lent by the Watermans' Company.

103 LUDGATE HILL FROM THE WEST.

Oil picture. 31 by 39 in.

On left the church of St. Martin, Ludgate, designed by Sir Christopher Wren, its spire contrasting with the dome of St. Paul's. In mid-distance, before the façade of the cathedral, is a crowd surrounding a State coach. Ludgate was immediately west of St. Martin's.

William Marlow, who painted this picture, which has been engraved, was born in Southwark, 1740. He studied under Samuel Scott and at the St. Martin's Lane Academy, travelled in France and Italy, and achieved some success as a landscape painter, exhibiting at the Royal Academy and elsewhere, views of London being perhaps his most successful work. Horace Walpole, in his note on Scott, praises him highly. He died at Twickenham in 1813.

By, 1792 (1740-1813).

Lent by the Governor and Directors of the Bank of England.

104 RANELAGH.

Oil picture. 56 by 36 in.

The following description of this interesting picture is culled from the "Gentleman's Magazine," September 1836: "It represents Ranelagh Grove, leading to Lord Ranelagh's house and grounds, Chelsea, so celebrated afterwards as a place of fashionable resort. In the foreground are figures setting on two dogs to fight, painted in a style which reminds one of the 'Stages of Cruelty.' Behind is a chariot richly ornamented with carving and gilding in the taste of the time, containing a lady and gentleman drawn by two white