25 View on the Thames—The Adelphi, Whitehall, and Westminster (1032). . . . . James.
The view is of the north bank looking westward, and shows, on the right, Inigo Jones’ water-gate; next the octagonal tower of the waterworks, then Whitehall, and beyond, Westminster Abbey and the old bridge.
26 View on the Thames—Greenwich Hospital (1079). . . . . James.
The view is taken eastward, and shows Greenwich Hospital on the left, and the church to the right.
27 View on the Thames—Old Savoy Palace (1045). . . . . Scott?
The view is the same as No. 23. In an old inventory there is an entry relating to it:—“Recd. 23rd March 1819. View of the Savoy, with old Somerset House, on the banks of the Thames, painted by Scott, the English Canaletti. Bought of Colnaghi, £265.” Samuel Scott, the marine painter, is the artist referred to. He was a companion of Hogarth’s, and a jovial one too—but he was also much more, being an admirable painter of marine and topographical subjects. There are three characteristic views of London by him in the National Gallery, where is also his own portrait by Hudson.
28 The Thames from the Hill above Greenwich (1016). . . . . Danckers.
To the left is the Observatory rising high up. Below is Greenwich and the Hospital, and the river winding round the “Isle of Dogs,” and London seen in the distance. Though hitherto unnamed, this is doubtless:—“The Landscape of Greenwich, the prospect to London; by Danckers,” in James II.’s catalogue, No. 195. (Royal Catalogue.)
