The eldest is to the left, standing, her right arm clasping a stem of tree, round which twines a vine; her left hand giving a rose to her younger sister; she is dressed in white. Her sister is kneeling to the right, facing in front, and takes the rose with her left hand; her right rests on a lictor's fasces. On canvas, 4 ft. 6 in. high, by 3 ft. 7 in. wide. [Illustration: Decoration] =Queen's Closet.= This small room, which is but 23 feet 3 inches long by 12 feet wide, and 12 feet 9 inches high, is called in Pyne's drawing, published in 1817, "The Queen's Closet,"--and this most probably is its correct designation, though in Faulkner's "History of Kensington," published but three years after, it is described as the "Queen's Dressing Room." Its walls were at that time still entirely panelled with the oak wainscot with which Wren had covered them. Afterwards all this was removed and the walls plastered and distempered, the room being used as a kitchen. The existent oak chair-rail and cornice, inserted during the last few months, are copied from old models in this palace. * * * * * Across the angle, where was originally the fire-place, is temporarily fixed a very beautiful =stone chimney-piece=, formerly in Westminster Palace, in one of the rooms on the north side of Westminster Hall. When the old law-courts on that side were removed, this chimney-piece was preserved by the Office of Works. It is one of the finest specimens extant of a late Tudor domestic chimney-piece work, bearing the initial and crown of Queen Elizabeth. Pictures of Old London. In this chamber are collected various pictures of Old London, moved from Hampton Court and other royal palaces. Few of them, excepting one or two attributed to Scott, have much artistic merit, but they are interesting as representations of the topography of London, and especially of the banks of the Thames. 20 View of the Horse Guards from St. James's Park (_1022_) . . . . . JAMES. The buildings of the Horse Guards are seen on the right, and in the centre distance, Westminster. 21 View on the Thames--Old London Bridge and Fishmongers' Hall (_1044_) . . . . . JAMES. The view is taken eastward; and right across the picture is the old bridge, with the houses built on it. On the left are Fishmongers' Hall and the column on Fish Street Hill. These are two of a series of views of Old London from the Thames, by William James, an imitator and probably a pupil of Canaletti's, though he resembles him in little except his mechanical precision. His works, however, are interesting to the antiquarian, as they are almost photographic in their accuracy. 22 View on the Thames--Old Somerset House and Temple Gardens (_1023_) . . . . . JAMES.