[82] London in the eighteenth century was even darker than it has been since the lighting has been minimised as a protection against air-raids.
[83] See two articles on Huntingdon Shaw by R. Garraway Rice, F.S.A., in the Archæological Journal, June 1895, and the Home Counties Magazine, January 1902, vol. iv., No. 13.
[84] See “English Ironwork of the XVIIth and XVIIIth Centuries,” by J. Starkie Gardner. (Batsford.)
[85] This work is attributed by Mr. Starkie Gardner to a skilful smith named Robert Davies.
[86] See “Tapestry Weaving in England,” by W. G. Thomson. (Batsford.)
[87] “Guide to an Exhibition of Tapestries, Carpets, and Furniture, lent by the Earl of Dalkeith to the Victoria and Albert Museum,” by A. F. K., 1914.
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1. Obvious printers’, punctuation and spelling errors have been corrected silently.
2. Where appropriate, original spelling has been retained.
3. Some hyphenated and non-hyphenated versions of the same words have been retained as in the original.