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CATALOGUE


The numbering of the Drawings and Pictures begins on the Entrance Door, and is continued to the left.

The measurements are in inches (the width preceding the height) and do not include the frame or mount.

The Furniture, etc., is described after the Pictures.

The Committee accept no responsibility for the accuracy of the attributions in the Catalogue.


1 OLD LONDON BRIDGE. Plate I.


Watercolour. 17 by 10 in.

The bridge shortly before its removal. From a point on the Surrey side of the river, nearly opposite to old Fishmongers' Hall.

G. Yates, watercolour painter, worked in London on topographical subjects about 1825-37; in the Crace catalogue he is called Major Yates.

By G. Yates, 1826. Lent by Mr. T. Girtin.


2 AUSTIN FRIARS CHURCH FROM THE NORTH-WEST.


Watercolour. 7-3/4 by 7-1/2 in.

The priory of the Augustine Friars in London was founded A.D. 1253, and the church was rebuilt about a century afterwards. In 1550 the nave was made over to the Dutch community in London, and it has been in their hands ever since. The choir and steeple were destroyed by the then Marquess of Winchester at the beginning of