in London.] § 26. OBJECTS OF INTEREST TO PAINTERS, &c. xxxix THE HOGARTHS AND CANALETTI, at the Soane Museum in Lincoln'sInn-fields. THE HOGARTHS, at the Foundling Hospital, Lincoln's Inn Hall, and St. Bartholomew's Hospital. THE THREE SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS', at the Dilettanti Society, Thatched House Tavern, St. James's-street. THE VAN DYCKS, at Earl de Grey's, in St. James's-square. SIR ROBERT PEEL'S DUTCH PICTURES, at Privy Gardens. MR. HOPE'S DUTCH PICTURES, Piccadilly (corner of Down-street). THE PORTRAITS in the British Museum. LORD LANSDOWNE'S COLLECTION, Lansdowne House. BARRY'S PICTURES at the Society of Arts, Adelphi. THE PICTURES in the Painted Hall, Greenwich. MR. NEELD'S COLLECTION, No. 6, Grosvenor-square. MR. ROGERS's COLLECTION, No. 22, St. James's-place. LORD ASHBURTON'S COLLECTION, at Bath House, Piccadilly. LORD WARD'S COLLECTION, in (temporarily) the Egyptian Hall, Piccadilly. MARQUIS OF HERTFORD'S COLLECTION, Piccadilly, corner of Engine-st. LORD NORMANTON'S COLLECTION. BARON ROTHSCHILD'S MURILLO (Infant Saviour), at Gunnersbury, five miles from Apsley House, Hyde-Park-corner. R. S. HOLFORD'S COLLECTION, (at present, 1851, at No. 65, Russell-sq.) The 39 RICHARD WILSONS AND FINE SPANISH PICTURES of Richard Ford, Esq., 123, Park-street, Grosvenor-square. 2 COLLECTION OF FRENCH PORTRAITS, RAFFAELLE WARE, AND VENETIAN GLASS of Ralph Bernal, Esq., M.P., 93, Eaton-square. POOL OF BETHESDA, by Murillo, at George Tomline's, Esq., No. 1, Carlton-House-terrace. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS OF JOHN SHEEPSHANKS, ESQ., of Rutland Gate, near the Crystal Palace; of II. A. J. MUNRO, ESQ., in Hamiltonplace, Piccadilly; of THOMAS BARING, Esq., M.P., 41, Upper Grosvenor-street; of JOHN GIBBONS, ESQ., No. 17, Hanover-terrace, Regent's Park; of BICKNELL, ESQ., at Herne-hill, Surrey, five miles from Waterloo Bridge; Mr. B. G. WINDUS'S TURNER DRAWINGS, at Tottenham, five miles from St. Paul's; shown every Tuesday to strangers bringing letters of introduction. THE DULWICH GALLERY. Get an order from Colnaghi's. THE VAN DYCK PICTURES, &c., at Windsor. THE DUKE OF DEVONSHIRE'S GALLERY, Piccadilly. Exhibitions of Modern Pictures. ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS, East Wing of the National Gallery, in Trafalgar-square. The Exhibition of the Academy, containing the greatest novelties of the best English Artists, is open to the public daily from the first Monday in May till near the end of July. Admission, 1s.; Catalogue, 1s. If you wish to see the pictures, go early, before 12; if you wish to see company, and not to see the pictures, go between 3 and 4. Persons desiring to become purchasers of pictures or other works of art, are requested to apply to the Clerk. The better works are generally all sold before the day of opening. THE SOCIETY OF BRITISH ARTISTS, exhibiting between 500 and 600 pictures annually, at Suffolk-street, Charing Cross. Admission, 1s. open in April. THE BRITISH INSTITUTION, Pall Mall, containing in the spring months annually between 300 and 400 modern pictures. During the summer months there is an Exhibition of ancient masters, collected from the principal private collections in town and country. Admission, 1s. Catalogue, 18. THE SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, Pall-mall West. Admission, 1s., open in April. Catalogue, 6d. THE NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS, Pall-mall East. Admission, 1s., open in April. Catalogue, 6d. EXHIBITION OF PICTURES AND PAINTERS OF ALL THE SCHOOLS OF EUROPE, in Lichfield House, St. James's-square. NATIONAL INSTITUTION OF THE FINE ARTS, 316, Regent-street, opposite the Polytechnic. Admission, 1s. Catalogue, 6d. During the London season (April, May, and June) the Connoisseur should make a point of occasionally dropping in at the Auction Rooms of Christie and Manson, in King-street, St. James's-square. § 27. Objects of Interest to the Sculptor. THE NINEVEH, ELGIN, PHIGALIAN, TOWNLEY, AND OTHER MARBLES in the British Museum. THE BAS-RELIEF, by Michael Angelo, at the Royal Academy. Write to the Keeper of the Royal Academy, C. Landseer, Esq., R.A., stating who you are. THE SCULPTURE in St. Paul's and Westminster Abbey. STATUE OF CHARLES I., by Le Soeur, at Charing-cross. STATUE OF JAMES II., by Grinling Gibbons, behind Whitehall. 2 STATUE OF NAPOLEON, by Canova, at Apsley House. STATUES by the same artist at Buckingham Palace. 2 TWO FINE STATUES, by Canova, at Gunnersbury (five miles from HydePark-corner), seat of Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P. THE SEVERAL STATUES in the Squares and public Places-PITT, by Chantrey, in Hanover-square; Fox, by Westmacott, in Bloomsbury-square; CANNING, by Westmacott, near Westminster Hall; GEORGE III., by Wyatt, in Cockspur-street; GEORGE IV., by Chantrey, in Trafalgar-square; THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON before the Royal Exchange, by Chantrey, and at Hyde-Park-corner, by Wyatt. THE TWO STATUES OF MADNESS AND MELANCHOLY, by Cibber, at Bethlehem Hospital. Write to Sir Peter Laurie, the President of the Hospital, 7, Park-square, Regent's Park. FLAXMAN'S MODELS at University College, in Gower-street. Write to Henry Crabb Robinson, Esq., Russell-square, or C. C. Atkinson, Esq., at University College. THE MOURNING ACHILLES, by T. Banks, R.A., in the hall of the British Institution. FINE BAS-RELIEF, by T. Banks, R.A., in the hall of the National Gallery. 2 THE MARBLES at Lansdowne House, in Berkeley-square, the residence of the Marquis of Lansdowne. THE GREEK SLAVE GIRL, by Hiram Power, (temporarily at the Crystal Palace,) at the house of John Grant, Esq., 7, Hyde-Park-street. THE CASTS OF THE GATES OF THE BAPTISTERY AT FLORENCE, at the Rooms of the Government School of Design, Somerset House. § 28. Objects of Interest to the Architect and Engineer. GOTHIC. The Norman Chapel, in the Tower. The Norman Crypt, under the church of St. Mary-le-Bow. St. Bartholomew-the-Great. St. Mary Overy. Dutch Church, Austin Friars. § 29. Objects of Interest to the Antiquary. THE BRITISH MUSEUM. THE TOWER. WESTMINSTER ABBEY. THE CHAPTER HOUSE, Westminster. THE REMAINS OF LONDON WALL, in St. Martin's-court, off Ludgate-hill. LONDON STONE, inserted in the outer wall of the church of St. Swithin in Cannon-street, and the top is seen through an oval opening. Camden considers it to have been the central Milliarium, or milestone, similar to that in the Forum at Rome, from which the British high roads radiated, and from which the distances on them were reckoned. THE COLLECTION AT THE CITY OF LONDON LIBRARY, at Guildhall. STAINED-GLASS WINDOW, in St. Margaret's, Westminster. MONUMENT OF STOW, in St. Andrew's Undershaft, by the East India THE CHINA (especially Faïence of Henri II.) OF SIR ANTHONY DE ROTHSCHILD, BART., 2, Grosvenor-place Houses, Hyde-Park-corner. THE SPANISH MORESCO AND MAJOLICA OF RICHARD FORD, ESQ. (123, Park-street), Anthor of "A Handbook for Spain." SWORD AND TURQUOISE RING OF JAMES IV. OF SCOTLAND, at Heralds' College. DAGGERS taken from Blood when he attempted to steal the Crown in the reign of Charles II., at Literary Fund Rooms, Great Russell-street, corner of Bloomsbury-square. § 30. Places and Sights which a Stranger must see. THE TOWER, to be seen daily, Sundays excepted, charge 6d. HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT. Tickets are issued from the Lord Great WESTMINSTER HALL. ST. JAMES'S PARK. ST. JAMES'S PALACE. BUCKINGHAM PALACE, to be seen by order from the Lord Chamberlain of APSLEY HOUSE, to be seen by order from the Duke of Wellington. WHITEHALL BANQUETING HOUSE. The spot where Charles I. was beheaded. THAMES between Chelsea and Greenwich. CHARING CROSS AND CHARLES I.'S STATUE. THAMES TUNNEL, open daily, admission 1d. LONDON DOCKS. Get a tasting order for the wine-vaults. COVENT-GARDEN MARKET; go on a Saturday morning early. ST. JOHN'S GATE. TEMPLE BAR. THE MONUMENT, to commemorate the Fire of London in 1666, open daily, Sundays excepted, admission 3d. OLD PRIORY CHURCH OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW in Smithfield. TEMPLE CHURCH, during Sunday morning service. A Bencher's order, or personal introduction, will admit you to the best seats. From Monday to Friday inclusive, the church is to be seen without a bencher's order. Bow CHURCH. ST. STEPHEN'S, Walbrook. ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS, Regent's Park. SURREY ZOOLOGICAL GARDENS. GOLDSMITHS' HALL. SOANE MUSEUM, open on Thursdays and Fridays during the months of April, May, and June, and on Tuesdays from the 1st Tuesday in February to the last in August. ROYAL EXCHANGE. BANK OF ENGLAND. THE MINT. CHRIST'S HOSPITAL, the children supping in public every Sunday evening from Quinquagesima Sunday to Easter Sunday inclusive. MUSEUM OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS. TIMES NEWSPAPER OFFICE, Printing-house-square, Blackfriars, to be seen by order signed by the Editor. The office of this world-famous Paper is placed in one of the most labyrinthine recesses to be seen in London. BARCLAY'S BREWHOUSE, in Southwark, near London Bridge, is to be seen by order from the Messrs. Barclay. CLOWES'S PRINTING OFFICE, Stamford-street, Blackfriars, to be seen by order from Messrs. Clowes & Son. LORD'S CRICKET-GROUND, near the Eyre Arms, St. John's Wood, when a match is being played. MUSEUM OF PRACTICAL GEOLOGY, in Piccadilly. UNITED SERVICE MUSEUM, at Whitehall. EAST INDIA HOUSE, MUSEUM, Leadenhall-street, open every Friday afternoon. THE HAYMARKET, between past 11 and 12 of an Opera and Haymarket Theatre night in the thickest of the London season, when the crush |