PEWTER INKSTAND. The steep-pitched lid is inscribed “The guifte of Mr. Martin Bonnde,” while the flat top bears the arms of the donor and the date 1619. The inkstand is stamped T L in a beaded circle, and with two fleur-de-lys. Mr. Martin Bond was a member of the well-known family which owned Crosby Place; he was a Captain of Trained Bands, and was Treasurer of the House of the Poor, commonly known as St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, from 1620 to 1642. English, XVIIth century. _Lent by the Treasurer and Almoners of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital._ [Illustration] [Illustration] LONDON: PRINTED AT THE CHISWICK PRESS TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE. Plate I [Illustration: 1. OLD LONDON BRIDGE G. YATES, 1826] Plate II [Illustration: 3. BOLINGBROKE HOUSE, BATTERSEA ARTIST UNKNOWN, _c._ 1800] Plate III [Illustration: 4. OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE CANALETTO, _c._ 1747 (1677-1768)] Plate IV [Illustration: 6. VIEW DOWN RIVER FROM WESTMINSTER W. HOLLAR (1607-1677)] Plate V [Illustration: 8. WESTMINSTER BRIDGE AND ABBEY CANALETTO, _c._ 1747 (1677-1768)] Plate VI [Illustration: 9. WESTMINSTER ABBEY, SOUTH VIEW FROM RIVER W. HOLLAR (1607-1677)] Plate VII [Illustration: 11. VIEW UP RIVER TO WESTMINSTER CANALETTO, _c._ 1747 (1697-1768)] Plate VIII [Illustration: 12. OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE CANALETTO, _c._ 1748 (1697-1768)] Plate IX [Illustration: 14. PIAZZA, COVENT GARDEN T. SANDBY, R.A. (1721-1798)] Plate X [Illustration: 16. OLD SOMERSET HOUSE AND GARDEN T. SANDBY, R. A. (1721-1798)] Plate XI [Illustration: 19. OLD LONDON BRIDGE FROM BILLINGSGATE G. YATES, 1828] Plate XII [Illustration: 23. CAMP NEAR SERPENTINE, HYDE PARK, 1780 PAUL SANDBY, R. A., 1780 (1725-1809)] Plate XIII [Illustration: 31. INTERIOR OF SECOND ROYAL EXCHANGE ARTIST UNKNOWN, _c._ 1810] Plate XIV [Illustration: 33. CHURCH OF ST. PETER LE POOR, OLD BROAD STREET ARTIST UNKNOWN] Plate XV [Illustration: 34. VIEW FROM THE CHURCHYARD OF ST. MARTIN’S-IN-THE-FIELDS W. HUNT (1790-1864)] Plate XVI [Illustration: 35. ENCAMPMENT IN THE GROUNDS OF MONTAGUE HOUSE S. H. GRIMM, 1780 (1734-1794)] Plate XVII [Illustration: 37. CHANTREY CHAPEL OF HENRY V, WESTMINSTER ABBEY JOHN CARTER, 1786 (1748-1817)] Plate XVIII [Illustration: 38. ABBOT ISLIP’S CHAPEL, WESTMINSTER ABBEY J. M. W. TURNER, R.A., 1796 (1775-1851)] Plate XIX [Illustration: 41. HALL OF BROTHERHOOD OF HOLY TRINITY, ALDERSGATE W. CAPON, 1790 (1757-1827)] Plate XX [Illustration: 45. SITE OF EUSTON SQUARE, 1809 T. ROWLANDSON, 1809 (1756-1827)] PLATE XXI [Illustration: 47. THE OLD CHEESE-CAKE HOUSE, HYDE PARK. 1797] Plate XXII [Illustration: 49. FISHMONGERS’ HALL FROM THE RIVER _c._ 1810] Plate XXIII [Illustration: 59. ST. DUNSTAN’S-IN-THE-WEST, FLEET STREET T. MALTON THE ELDER (1726-1801)] Plate XXIV