LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

JOHN THOMAS SMITH[Frontispiece]
From an Engraving by William Skelton of the Drawing by John Jackson, R.A.
NANCY DAWSONFacing page[10]
From a Contemporary Print.
ROYAL ACADEMICIANS REFLECTING ON THE TRUE LINE OF BEAUTY AT THE LIFE ACADEMY, SOMERSET HOUSE.” ”[14]
From a Drawing by Robert Cruikshank.
THE DELIGHTS OF ISLINGTON” ”[17]
From the Engraving by Charles Bretherton of the Caricature by Henry William Bunbury.
“SING TANTARARA—VAUXHALL! VAUXHALL!”” ”[24]
From the Drawing by Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
GEORGE WHITEFIELD” ”[32]
From a Painting by Nathaniel Hone, mezzotinted by Grenwoode.
JOHN RANN” ”[38]
From a Contemporary Print.
LONDON BEGGARS: JOHN MACNALLY” ”[45]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
LONDON BEGGARS: A SILVER-HAIRED MAN” ”[52]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
LONDON MATCH BOYS” ”[58]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
IMAGES” ”[63]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
THE ROYAL COCKPIT” ”[68]
From a Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson.
DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON” ”[78]
From the Drawing by Thomas Trotter, done from life, and engraved by Priscott.
“PERDITA” ROBINSON” ”[83]
Transcriber’s Note: this picture was omitted from the original book’s list of illustrations, and has here been added.
MRS. SIDDONS” ”[85]
From the Portrait by John Keyse Sherwin, engraved by the painter.
BENJAMIN WEST, P.R.A.” ”[91]
From the Painting by Gilbert Stuart in the National Portrait Gallery.
CAPTAIN FRANCIS GROSE” ”[105]
From the Drawing by Dance, engraved by Ridley.
COVENT GARDEN” ”[108]
From the Print, “Morning,” by Hogarth.
UMBRELLAS TO MEND” ”[115]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
CHRISTIE’S AUCTION ROOM” ”[120]
From the Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
AN OLD LONDON WATCH-HOUSE” ”[126]
From the Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
SIR HARRY DINSDALE AND SIR JEFFERY DUNSTAN” ”[129]
From Contemporary Prints.
ELIZABETH CANNING’S IMPOSTURE” ”[135]
From a Contemporary Print.
RICHARD BRINSLEY SHERIDAN” ”[147]
From the Painting by John Russell, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.
J. W. M. TURNER, R.A.” ”[152]
From a Water-Colour Drawing by John Thomas Smith in the British Museum Print Room.
GEORGE MORLAND” ”[157]
From a Drawing by Rowlandson.
THE REV. ROWLAND HILL” ”[161]
From a Drawing by Thomas Clark, engraved by William Bond.
JAMES BARRY, R.A.” ”[168]
From the Portrait painted by himself, in the National Portrait Gallery.
THE OLD HOUSE OF COMMONS” ”[173]
From the Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
NEWGATE CHAPEL ON THE EVE OF SEVERAL EXECUTIONS” ”[178]
From the Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
THOMAS AUGUSTINE ARNE” ”[181]
From a Caricature (based upon a Drawing by Bartolozzi) in the National Portrait Gallery.
LADY HAMILTON” ”[184]
After a Painting by Romney.
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BELZONI” ”[188]
From the Painting by William Brockedon in the National Portrait Gallery.
BARTHOLOMEW FAIR” ”[193]
From the Drawing by Pugin and Rowlandson (Microcosm of London).
CHARLES TOWNLEY” ”[198]
From a Painting by Johann Zoffany, R.A., engraved by Worthington.
JAMES NORTHCOTE, R.A.” ”[205]
From a Drawing by James Lonsdale.
WILLIAM HUNTINGTON, “S.S.”” ”[212]
From the Painting by Domenico Pellegrini in the National Portrait Gallery.
MRS. JORDAN IN THE CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY GIRL” ”[222]
From the Painting by Romney, engraved by John Ogbourne.
HENRY CONSTANTINE JENNINGS (OR NOEL)” ”[233]
From a Contemporary Print.
DAVID GARRICK AND HIS WIFE” ”[243]
From the Painting by Hogarth, engraved by H. Bourne.
DR. OLIVER GOLDSMITH” ”[257]
From the Drawing by Henry William Bunbury, engraved by Bretherton.
THE WIG IN ENGLAND: A MACARONI READY FOR THE PANTHEON” ”[265]
From a Contemporary Print.
MATS TO SELL” ”[281]
From an Etching by John Thomas Smith.
CHARLES DIBDEN” ”[292]
From the Painting by Thomas Phillips, R.A., in the National Portrait Gallery.
A PARTY ON THE RIVER” ”[298]
From a Drawing by Robert Cruikshank.
SIR EDMUND BERRY GODFREY” ”[303]
From an Engraving by P. Vandrebane.
JOHN FLAXMAN, R.A., MODELLING THE BUST OF HAYLEY” ”[309]
From the Painting by Romney in the National Portrait Gallery.
THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH, R.A.” ”[317]
From the Painting by himself in the Royal Academy.