SHAFTESBURY HOUSE,

Now the London Lying-in Hofpital, on the Eaft fide of Alderfgate Street, was built by the masterly hand of Inigo Jones. This edifice is of brick ornamented with ftone, in a noble and elegant tafte. The front to the ftreet is adorned with Ionic pilafters; the door is arched, and has a balcony fupported by fcrolls.

SOMERSET HOUSE,
On the South Side of the Strand,

Was built about 1549, by the Duke of Somerfet, uncle to Edward VI. The front towards the Strand is adorned with columns and other decorations, which are much defaced by time. This front, together with the quadrangle, seem to have been the first attempts to restore the ancient architecture in England. In the middle a handfome gate opens into the quadrangle adorned with a piazza perhaps more in taste than any other in the kingdom of the fame antiquity, and the whole building on this fide has an air of grandeur. But the most beautiful front is that towards the garden, part of which has been new built, with a fine piazza, and

lofty

lofty apartments over it. This part is, however, irregular, and left unfinished, fome of the old building being fill ftanding on that fide. The new part contains the royal apartments built by Inigo Jones, and was, no doubt, only a part of his defign, the ftairs and gate to the water fhewing where he intended the centre.

Colonel SOTHBY, in Bloomsbury Square,

Among others, has the following pictures :

A fmall picture of Sir Thomas More's Family, painted in the neatest manner in miniature; on the right hand the portraits of Mr. More and his Wife, Sir Thomas's Grandfon for whom it was drawn, and their two fons, with their garden at Chelsea behind, and a view of London. The painter of this exquifite little piece is unknown; it has been fuppofed to be of Hans Holbein.

Three Royal Pair dancing in a meadow, with a magnificent building at a diftance. They are Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn; and his fifters Margaret Q of Scots, and Mary Q. of France, with their fecond hufbands Archibald Douglas and Charles Brandon. This picture is faid to have been begun in France by Janet, and to havé

been

been retouched by Holbein. There is fome doubt about the perfons intended to be represented.

Ifaac Oliver's Head, by Himself. Bold and admirably painted.

A Magdalen. By Ifaac Oliver.

Sir Benjamin Rudyard; a Head. By John Hofkins.

ST. STEPHEN's, Walbrook, behind the Manfion-Houfe,

Was erected by the great Sir Chriftopher Wren, and is esteemed, by many, his mafter piece. It is thought that Italy itself cannot produce a modern structure equal to this in tafte, proportion, elegance, and beauty. At entering it has a very Atriking effect; every part coming at once to the eye. In short, it is one of the happy productions of Sir Chriftopher Wren's great genius without a ftrict obfervance of the rules of art.

JAMES WEST, Esq,

A most curious picture of Henry V and his Family. This piece is evidently painted in oil colours. It was an altar-piece at Shene, and

in all probability was painted by order of Henry VII. for the chapel in his palace there. It is painted on feveral boards joined, and is 4 feet 3 inches high, by 4 f. 6 inch. wide.

For a full defcription of this Picture, fee Mr. Walpole's Anecdotes, Vol. I. p. 31, where it is also engraved.

Henry VIII. fitting under a canopy fupported by pillars, and delivering the fword to Prince Edward. On the right hand of the king stand Philip and Mary; Mars is coming in behind them. Queen Elizabeth, too large in proportion, ftands forward on the other fide, and leads Peace and Plenty, whofe faces were portraits of the Counteffes of Shrewsbury and Salisbury. Walp. p. 134.

Lady Carlifle; by Vandyke.

Marquis of Montrofe, Prince Rupert, and Prince Maurice; by Gerard Honthorst.

PAUL

PAUL METHUEN, Esq.

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In GROSVENOR-STREET.

On the First Floor.

In the Hall and Stair-cafe.

Over the Chimney.

NAKED Boy blowing bubbles, and treading on a Death's Head, reprefenting Vanity, by Elizabeth Sirani.

Near the Street Door.

A large picture of Dogs and Foxes, by Peter Snyders.

Over the Door that goes into the firft Parlour.

A Man's Head, by Giofeppe de Ribera, commonly called Il Spagnoletto.

On the Landing-Place.

A large picture of David and Abigail, by Sir Peter Paul Rubens.