On the building at west end are the words: “Royal Exchange Insurance for lives.” The tower is surmounted by Gresham’s crest, the grasshopper. Signed and dated. By G. SHEPHERD, 1810. _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 39_b_ SECOND ROYAL EXCHANGE FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. St. Paul’s Cathedral appears in the distance. Signed and dated. By G. SHEPHERD, 1812. _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 39_c_ SECOND ROYAL EXCHANGE FROM THE SOUTH-EAST. Etching and aquatint, touched with sepia. 5 by 7½ in. Same size as last from same point of view and similar in design, but tower as rebuilt, from design by G. Smith, surveyor to the Mercers’ Company, between 1819 and 1824, when a sum of over £34,000 was spent on the fabric. By G. SHEPHERD. _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 40_a_ CHURCH OF ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, FROM SOUTH-WEST. Watercolour. 8 by 9½ in. A church of Norman foundation, but rebuilt in the fourteenth century, and again to a great extent after a fire in 1545. Upper part of tower dates from 1683-4. Signed and dated. By G. SHEPHERD, 1815. _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 40_b_ CHURCH OF ST. GILES, CRIPPLEGATE, FROM FORE STREET. Pencil. 7¾ 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 T. H. SHEPHERD. _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ PLATE XIX. 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 W. CAPON, 1790 (1757-1827). _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 42_a_ ST. JAMES’S PARK AND BUCKINGHAM HOUSE. Watercolour. 16½ by 9¼ 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 soon after the Restoration. Pepys on 16 September 1660, mentions seeing the work in progress. Carefully drawn with a pen and tinted, after the manner of the artist, who usually engraved his views on copper. By J. MAURER, 1741. _Lent by H.M. the King._