The old Church, of early foundation, had been damaged in the Great Fire, and was repeatedly altered and patched. It stood more forward in the street than the present building. When the church was taken down, about 1830, the projecting clock, with its figures which struck the hours and quarters, was bought by the then Marquess of Hertford, and moved to his villa in the Regent’s Park (hence called St. Dunstan’s), long occupied by the first Lord Aldenham, where it still remains. The statue of Queen Elizabeth at the east end of the church came from Ludgate, taken down in 1760, and is now over the entrance of the present church vestry. On the edge of the pavement is a porters’ rest. Temple Bar in mid-distance. By T. MALTON the Elder (1726-1801). _Lent by Lord Aldenham._ 60 MIDDLE TEMPLE HALL FROM SOUTH-EAST. Watercolour. 9¾ by 6¾ 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._ PLATE XXIV. 61 WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM DEAN’S YARD. 18¼ by 12¾ 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 T. MALTON the Elder (1726-1801). _Lent by the City of Birmingham Art Gallery._ 62 BEAUCHAMP TOWER—TOWER OF LONDON. Watercolour. 6 by 6¾ 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 C. TOMKINS, 1798 (1757-1810). _Lent by Mr. E. H. Coles._ PLATE XXV. 63 WAPPING. 21¼ by 16¾ in. Important houses on river front. Boat building in progress. By T. GIRTIN (1773-1802). _Lent by the Leicester Art Gallery._ PLATE XXVI. 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 plate from this watercolour is described as follows: “The House occupied by the East India Company in Leadenhall Street, as refaced in 1726. From a coloured drawing by T. Malton, March 1800.” The East India House, on the south side of Leadenhall Street, is shown on spectator’s right; crowds on the pavement, among them Indians; a coach in the roadway. Opposite are old buildings which escaped the Great Fire.