Since this was painted, all south London, with its immediate neighbourhood, has been so thickly covered with buildings that the artist’s exact point of view cannot be made out. The substantial house in the foreground was probably the suburban home of some well-to-do merchant. The nearest church, evidently on the Surrey side of the river (the tower of which appears a short distance to the right of St. Paul’s), must be Christchurch, near the west side of the Blackfriars Road. Christchurch parish was created by Act of Parliament in 1671, and covers the same ground as the still existing Manor of Paris Garden. Inscription as follows: WILLM CAPON PINXT. 1804. WESTMINSTER. By W. CAPON (1757-1827). _Lent by Sir E. Coates._ 109 LONDON FROM WHITEHALL. Watercolour. 21¼ by 15 in. View looking down river from garden of the Earl of Fife’s house at Whitehall. The distance is somewhat idealized. To left is Somerset House. Waterloo Bridge is not yet built, but near its site at south end is one of the shot towers, still standing though put to other uses. The bridge shown is old Blackfriars, opened 1769, as we have said elsewhere. John Claude Nattes, painter of this and of the next watercolour, numbered 110, was an industrious topographical artist. He exhibited occasionally at the Royal Academy and was one of the foundation members of the Old Watercolour Society, but was expelled for exhibiting what was held to be not his own work. With his latest breath he condemned the action of the Society. He published several topographical volumes illustrated by himself, and drew for other publications. By J. C. NATTES, 1801 (1765-1822). _Lent by the Rev. L. Gilbertson._ 110 LONDON FROM THE TEMPLE GARDENS. Watercolour. 21 by 14¾ in. View looking up river apparently from the Temple Gardens. To left is the shot tower shown in last view; in distance Westminster Abbey, other landmarks being Somerset House, Adelphi Terrace, and York Water-tower. By J. C. NATTES, 1801 (1765-1822). _Lent by the Rev. L. Gilbertson._ Plate XLVII. 111 ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL FROM ST. MARTIN’S-LE-GRAND. Watercolour. 14¾ by 19 in. This view was engraved by J. Baily and published by J. Girtin in 1819. By T. GIRTIN (1773-1802). _Lent by Sir Walter Prideaux._ PLATE XLVIII. 112 OLD WESTMINSTER. Watercolour. 14¾ by 10 in. An unfinished sketch on sugar paper. Old houses long ago cleared away, Westminster Abbey in background. By D. COX (1783-1859). _Lent by the Birmingham Art Gallery._ 113 BUCKINGHAM HOUSE FROM THE GREEN PARK. Watercolour. 17 by 8½ in. This is unlike any other painting by David Cox known to the present writer, but it comes from an undeniable source, and is interesting as a topographical record. It represents, not Kensington Palace as stated on the frame, but Buckingham House, the end of the Mall, and road to Constitution Hill (see Nos. 48_a_ and 68), and the date shows that it was painted just before the destruction or complete alteration of the building.