_Lent by the Secretary of State for India._ PLATE XXXIII. 78 A WATER PAGEANT ON THE THAMES. Oil picture. 43½ by 23½ 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 S. SCOTT. _Lent by the Earl Brownlow._ 79 OLD BLACKFRIARS BRIDGE. Oil picture. 20½ by 15¼ in. This painting is wrongly called on the frame “Southwark Bridge,” the first stone of which was not laid until 1815. It represents the first Blackfriars Bridge, originally Pitt Bridge, designed by R. Mylne and built between 1760 and 1769. The Temple Gardens are shown to the left and St. Paul’s beyond them. R. Burford is chiefly known as the painter and proprietor of panoramas in Leicester Square and in the Strand. He also exhibited at the Royal Academy from 1812 to 1818. The date on the frames of this and the companion picture (No. 80) is 1808, which seems too early for such mature work, as he was born in 1792 and would therefore have been only sixteen at the time. By R. BURFORD (1792-1861). _Lent by Mr. Colin Agnew._ 80 OLD LONDON BRIDGE. Oil picture. 20¼ by 16 in. The picture shows the old bridge after it had been altered by the removal of the houses, several arches at the end are blocked by waterworks. The Monument is noteworthy, as are the steeples of the churches of St. Magnus, St. Margaret Pattens, and St. Dunstan-in-the-East, all designed by Sir Christopher Wren. By R. BURFORD (1792-1861). _Lent by Mr. Colin Agnew._ PLATE XXXIV. 81 WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND WESTMINSTER ABBEY FROM THE RIVER. Oil picture. 35½ by 18 in. From mid-stream, below bridge. Among prominent buildings, besides the Bridge and the Abbey, are the Banqueting House Whitehall, the tower of St. Margaret’s Church, and Westminster Hall. In distance to left is Lambeth Palace. By S. SCOTT (about 1710-1772). _Lent by the Marquess of Sligo._ PLATE XXXV. 82 SIR RICHARD STEELE’S COTTAGE, HAMPSTEAD. Oil picture, 10¾ by 7½ in. In 1832 Constable exhibited this very small picture at the Royal Academy under the title given above. It is numbered 147 in the catalogue.