I have the honor to be, Gentlemen,
Your most obedt. Servant,
W. L. NEWMAN,
City Solicitor.

To the Master Wardens and
Assistants of the Worshipful
Company of Barbers, London.

This picture is now hung up in the corridor.

The following is but little more than a List of the Pictures now at Barbers’ Hall, a full account of which has been already written by Mr. C. J. Shoppee.

Alderman Arris’ Picture. This picture was painted by Mr. Greenbury who was employed as Portrait Painter to the Company at this period.

Dr. Charles Scarborough and Alderman Arris’ Picture. This picture was also painted by Mr. Greenbury as by the following extract from the Wardens’ Accounts for 1651 appears—

Paid to Greenburye for Painting the Picture ofli.s.d.
Mr Edward Arris and Doctor Charles Scarborough & Anathomye9100

Linneus’ Picture. This picture of Linneus was purchased 2nd July, 1844, for £3 3s., the particulars of the purchase and of the picture are set out in the Court Minutes of this date. Mr. Shoppee has surmised that this is a portrait of John Bancks, but though his portrait was ordered to be painted, I do not find that it ever was, and it is not once mentioned in any of the numerous early inventories of pictures. The Minutes of 1844 are, however, so precise as to leave no further doubt on this point, viz., that it is a portrait of Linneus.