3. Silver street.* 4. Vere street, Claremarket.*
BEAR AND HARROW _court_, Butcher row, Temple bar.*
BEAR AND RAGGED STAFF _court_, Drury lane.*
BEAR AND RAGGED STAFF _yard_, Whitecross street, Cripplegate.*
BEARDLEY’S _yard_, Wapping wall.†
BEAUCHAMP _street_, Leather lane, Holborn.†
BEAUFORT’S _buildings_, in the Strand.†
BECK’S _rents_. 1. Ropemaker’s fields, Limehouse.† 2. Rosemary lane,
Little Tower hill.†
_Lords of the_ BEDCHAMBER, fourteen officers of great distinction,
under the Lord Chamberlain; the first of whom is Groom of the Stole.
They are usually persons of the highest quality, and their office is,
each in his turn, to wait one week in the King’s bedchamber, and there
to lie all night on a pallet bed by the King, and to supply the place
of the Groom of the Stole in his absence. They also wait upon the King
when he eats in private; for the cupbearers, carvers, and sewers do
not then wait. The Groom of the Stole has 2000_l._ a year, and the
rest of the Lords of the Bedchamber 1000_l._ a year each. See GROOM OF
THE STOLE.
_Grooms of the_ BEDCHAMBER, eight officers of considerable rank under
the Lords of the bedchamber, each of whom has a salary of 500_l._ _per
annum_.
BEDDINGTON, in Surrey, the seat and manor of the ancient family of the
Carews, is a noble edifice; but the wings are too deep for the body of
the house; for they should either have been placed at a greater
distance, or not have been so long. The court before them is fine, as
is the canal in the park, which lies before this court, and has a
river running through it. All the flat part of the park is taken up
with very fine gardens, which extend in vistas two or three miles. The
orangery is said to be the only one in England that is planted in the
natural ground, and the trees, which are above an hundred years old,
were brought out of Italy by Sir Francis Carew, Bart. They are,
however, secured in the winter by moveable covers. The pleasure house,
which was also built by Sir Francis, has the famous Spanish Armada
painted on the top of it, and under it is a cold bath. The church is a
beautiful small Gothic pile, built of stone, in the north and south
isles of which are several stalls after the manner of cathedrals: and
here is also two charity schools, one for boys, and the other for
girls.
BEDFORD _buildings_, near Gray’s inn.
BEDFORDBURY, Chandos street.
BEDFORD _court_. 1. Bedford street, Covent Garden. 2. Red Lion street,
Holborn. 3. In the Strand.
BEDFORD HOUSE. See BLOOMSBURY _square_.
BEDFORD _mews_, a street of stables near Grays inn walks.
BEDFORD _passage_, Southampton street.
BEDFORD _row_, near Gray’s inn.
BEDFORD _street_. 1. Covent garden, a handsome broad street. It takes
its name from the Duke of Bedford, who is at least ground landlord. 2.
Red Lion street, Holborn; a very handsome strait and well built
street, inhabited by persons of distinction.
BEDLAM, or BETHLEHEM HOSPITAL. See BETHLEM.
BEDNAL, or BETHNAL GREEN. See BETHNAL GREEN.
BEDNAL, or BETHNAL GREEN road, Mile End.
BEDWARD’S _court_, White street.†
BEEHIVE _alley_, Snow hill.*
BEEHIVE _court_, Little St. Thomas Apostles.*
BEER _lane_, a crooked lane leading from Tower street into Thames
street, opposite the Custom house.
BEGGAR’S ALMS _alley_, Rosemary lane.
BEGGAR’S BUSH _yard_, Gravel lane.
BEGGAR’S _hill_, Maid lane, Southwark.
BELL _alley_. 1. Aldersgate street without.* 2. Austin Friars.* 3. Budge
row.* 4. Canon street, Walbrook.* 5. Coleman street, Lothbury, where
there are two allies of this name.* 6. Dean street, Ratcliff highway.*
7. Dock head.* 8. Fenchurch street.* 9. Golden lane.* 10. Goswell
street.* 11. Great Carter lane.* 12. Great Eastcheap.* 13. Green
alley, Tooley street.* 14. Kingsland road.* 15. King street,
Westminster.* 16. Labour-in-vain hill, Thames street.* 17. Lamb
street.* 18. New stairs, Wapping.* 19. Old Bedlam.* 20. Old street.*
21. Saffron hill.* 22. Snow hill.* 23. Spital yard.* 24. Thieving
lane.* 25. Tooley street, Southwark.* 26. Turnmill street.* 27.
Walbrook.*
BELL _yard_, Bishopsgate street, without.*
BELL AND BEAR _alley_, Great Eastcheap.*
BELL _court_. 1. Gray’s inn lane.* 2. Great Carter lane.* 3. Grub
street.* 4. Moorfields.* 5. St. Martin’s le grand.* 6. Thomas street.
BELL _dock_, Wapping.*
BELL _lane_. 1. Lisham green.* 2. By Crispin street, Spitalfields.*
BELL _wharf_. 1. Tooley street. 2. Lower Shadwell.*
BELL _wharf stairs_. 1. Lower Shadwell.* 2. Thames street.*
BELL _inn yard_. 1. St. Margaret’s hill.* 2. In the Strand.*
BELL SAVAGE _inn yard_, Ludgate hill. This inn was so called from its
being kept by Isabella Savage, who was called in French _Belle
Sauvage_, or lovely Savage. _Fullers Church Hist_.
BELL _yard_. 1. Barnaby street.* 2. Coleman street.* 3. Fleet street.*
4. Fore street, Lambeth.* 5. Gracechurch street.* 6. Great Carter
lane.* 7. King’s street, Westminster.* 8. Little St. Martin’s lane,
Charing cross.* 9. Long alley, Moorfields.* 10. Mincing lane.* 11.
Mount street.* 12. New Fish street hill.* 13. Old Fish street hill.*
14. Rosemary lane.* 15. St. Margaret’s hill, Southwark.* 16. Stony
lane.* 17. Vine street.* 18. Whitechapel.* 19. Whitehorse street,
Ratcliff.*
BELL’S _alley_, St. Catherine’s lane.†
BELL’S _court_, St. Michael’s lane.
BELL’S _rents_. 1. Barnaby street.† 2. Mint street.†
BELL’S _wharf_, Millbank.†
BELLOWS _yard_. 1. In Fore street.* 2. In the Minories.*
BELSYSE, in Middlesex, is situated on the south west side of Hampstead
hill, and was a fine seat belonging to the Lord Wotton, and afterwards
to the late Earl of Chesterfield: but in the year 1720, it was
converted into a place of polite entertainment, particularly for
music, dancing, and play, when it was much frequented on account of
its neighbourhood to London: but since that time it has been suffered
to run to ruin.
[Illustration: _S. Wale del._ _ B. Green sculp._ _Belvedere House._]
BELVEDERE HOUSE, this belongs to Sampson Gideon, Esq; is situated on the
brow of a hill, near Erith in Kent, and commands a vast extent of a
fine country many miles beyond the Thames, which is about a mile and
half distant. This river and navigation add greatly to the beauty of
this scene, which exhibits to the eye of the delighted spectator, as
pleasing a landskip of the kind as imagination can form. The
innumerable ships employed in the immense trade of London, are beheld
continually sailing up and down the river. On the other side are
prospects not less beautiful, tho’ of another kind. This gentleman has
very judiciously laid out his grounds, and made many beautiful vistas.
The house is but small, tho’ an addition has been made of a very noble
room; this and two others are finely furnish’d with pictures, of which
follows a catalogue. The collection, though not numerous, is very
valuable, it containing none but pieces which are originals by the
greatest masters, and some of them very capital.
In the Long Parlour.
│ Height.│ Breadth.│Painted by
│ Feet Inc.│ Feet Inc.│
View of Venice │ │ │
Ditto, with the Doge│ 2.│ 4 6│_Canaletti._
marrying the sea │ │ │
Its companion │ │ │
Time bringing truth │ 2 5│ 3 0│_Rubens._
to light, a sketch│ │ │
The Alchymist │ 3 1│ 4 2│_Teniers._
Portrait of Sir John│ 3 1│ 2 7│_Holbein._
Gage │ │ │
A landskip │ 2 0│ 2 4│_G. Poussin._
Battle of the │ 1 1│ 1 6│_Rottenhammer._
Amazons │ │ │
The unjust Steward │ 2 7│ 4 6│_Quintin Matsys._
In the Lobby.
Noah’s Ark │ 1 9│ 2 10│_Velvet Brughel._
St. Catherine │ 2 6│ 2 0│_Leonardo da Vinci._
Van Trump │ 2 10│ 2 4│_Francis Hals._
Vulcan, or the │ 4 6│ 5 9│_Bassan._
element of Fire │ │ │
A picture of horses,│ 1 8│ 1 4│_Wouverman._
its companion │ │ │
Two insides of │ 0 0│ 0 0│_De Neef._
churches, small │ │ │
A Dutch woman and │ 1 9│ 1 6│_Sir Ant. More._
her three children│ │ │
Rembrant painting an│ 2 10│ 2 0│_by himself._
old woman │ │ │
A courtezan and her │ 2 4│ 2 4│_Giorgione._
gallant │ │ │
The golden age │ 2 0│ 3 2│_Velvet Brughel._
Snyders with his │ 5 4│ 4 0│_Rubens._
wife and child │ │ │
Rebecca bringing │ 4 6│ 3 2│_De la Hyre._
presents to Laban │ │ │
Boors at cards │ 2 0│ 2 0│_Teniers._
The element of Earth│ 4 6│ 5 9│_Jai. Bassan._
Marriage in Cana of │ 4 0│ 5 0│_P. Veronese._
Gallilee │ │ │
Two landskips │ 2 0│ 3 2│_G. Poussin._
The genealogy of │ 3 0│ 2 3│_Albert Durer._
Christ │ │ │
Beggar boys at cards│ 2 0│ 1 4│_Salvator Rosa._
Herod consulting the│ 1 4│ 2 8│_Rembrant._
wisemen │ │ │
Marriage of St. │ 2 8│ 3 2│_Old Palma._
Catherine │ │ │
two fine bas │ │ │_by Soldani_
relievos in brass,│ │ │
one Bacchus and │ │ │
Ariadne, the other│ │ │
Ceres teaching │ │ │
Triptolemus the │ │ │
use of the plough │ │ │
In the Saloon.
The conception, │ 7 8│ 7 8│_Murillo._
painted for an │ │ │
altar piece │ │ │
The flight into │ │ │_Ditto._
Egypt, its │ │ │
companion │ │ │
Vulcan, Venus, │ 5 6│ 8 4│_Tintoret._
Cupid, and sundry │ │ │
figures, an │ │ │
emblematic subject│ │ │
Mars and Venus │ 5 8│ 4 3│_P. Veronese._
Christ among the │ 5 2│ 6 6│_L. Giordano._
Doctors │ │ │
Duke of Buckingham’s│ 5 8│ 5 6│_by himself._
mistress, her │ │ │
three children, and │ │ │
a son of Rubens │ │ │
A landskip │ 4 10│ 6 2│_Claude._
Leopold’s gallery │ │ │_Teniers._
Teniers, own │ 3 2│ 4 2│_Ditto._
gallery, its │ │ │
companion │ │ │
BEMBRIDGE’S _rents_, Moor lane, Moorfields.†
BEMBRIDGE _street_, St Giles’s pound.†
BEN _court_, Grub street.†
BENJAMIN _street_. 1. Cow cross.† 2. Longditch, Westminster.† 3. Red
Lion street, Clerkenwell.† 4. Swallow street.†
_St._ BENNET FINK, was dedicated to St. Benedict, vulgarly called St.
Bennet, an Italian saint, the founder of the order of Benedictine
monks; and received the additional name of _Fink_ from its rebuilder
Robert Fink. It is situated on the south side of Thread-needle-street.
The old church being destroyed in the general conflagration in 1666,
the present edifice was erected in its room. The body is of an
irregular form, enlightened by large arched windows, which reach to
the roof; this is incompassed with a balustrade, and crowned with a
lantern: a dome rises upon the whole extent of the tower, and on its
top rises a turret.
This church is a curacy in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
Windsor, who generally supply it with one of their own Canons. The
Curate receives 100_l._ a year in lieu of tithes.
_St._ BENNET’S _Gracechurch street_, is situated at the south west
corner of Fenchurch street. The old church being much damaged by the
fire in 1666, was taken down, and the present structure erected in its
place, which is built principally of stone, and is a regular,
convenient, and neat edifice, without the expence of columns and
porticos. It has a handsome balustrade at the top, and a very high
spire of the obelisk kind, the base of which is supported by four
porticos.
This church is a rectory in the patronage of the Dean and Chapter of
St. Paul’s; and the parish of St. Leonard Eastcheap is annexed to it.
The Rector receives 140_l._ a year in lieu of tithes.
_St._ BENNET’S _Paul’s Wharf_, is so called from its being consecrated
to St. Benedict, and its vicinity to that wharf. It is situated at the
south west corner of St. Bennet’s hill, and the old church being
destroyed by the fire of London in 1666, this was erected in its
place, from a design of Sir Christopher Wren. It is a neat structure;
the body is well proportioned: the tower has rustic corners, and its
turret and small spire are raised from the crown of a dome.
This church is a rectory, the collation to which is in the Dean and
Chapter of St. Paul’s. The parish of St. Peter Paul’s Wharf is united
to it, and the Rector receives 100_l._ a year in lieu of tithes.
_St_. BENNET’S _Sherehog_, stood opposite to St. Sythe’s lane, in St.
Pancras lane, and in the ward of Cheap. In the year 1323, it went by
the name of St. Osyth, from its being dedicated to a queen and martyr
of that name; but she was divested of the tutelage of this church, by
Benedict Shorne, a fishmonger of London, who was a rebuilder,
repairer, or benefactor to it; and Shorne his surname, being corrupted
into Shrog, was at last converted into Sherehog. This church sharing
the common fate of the general conflagration in 1666, and not being
rebuilt, the parish was annexed to that of St. Stephen’s Walbrook.
_Newc. Rep. Eccl. Paroch._
BENNET _street_, a short street, westward into Arlington street,
Piccadilly.
BENNET’S BRIDGE _lane_, Upper Ground street, Southwark.†
BENNET’S _court_. 1. Beggars hill, Southwark.† 2. Canon row.† 3. Drury
lane.† 4. Limehouse causeway.† 5. Long lane, Southwark.† 6. The
Strand.† 7. White street.†
BENNET’S _hill_, Thames street, thus named from the church of St.
Bennet’s Paul’s Wharf.
BENNET’S _street_. 1. Longditch.† 2. Near the Upper ground, Southwark.†
3. St. James’s street.†
BENNET’S _yard_, near Tufton street.†
BENSON’S _alley_, Shoreditch.†
BENTINCK _street_, Berwick street.
BERKHAMSTED, an ancient town in Hertfordshire, situated 30 miles to the
N. W. of London. It was anciently a Roman town, and here some of the
Saxon kings kept their court. William the Conqueror here swore to the
nobility to preserve the laws made by his predecessors; and here Henry
II. kept his court, and granted the town all the laws and liberties it
had enjoyed under Edward the Confessor. It was a borough in the reign
of Henry III. and James I. to whose children this place was a nursery,
made it a corporation, by the name of the Bailiff and Burgesses of
Berkhamsted St. Peter; the Burgesses to be twelve, to chuse a
Recorder, and Town Clerk, to have a prison, _&c._ but in the next
reign it was so impoverished by the civil wars, that the government
was dropp’d, and has not been since renewed. Its market is also much
decayed. The town, though situated on the south side of a marsh,
extends itself far in a broad street, and handsome buildings, and is
pleasantly surrounded with high and hard ground, full of pastures,
hedgerows, and arable land. What remains of the castle, which is but
one third of it, was not long ago the seat of the Careys, and is now
the seat of the family of the Ropers. Here is a spacious church
dedicated to St. Peter, which has eleven of the Apostles on its
pillars, with a sentence of the creed on each, and on the twelfth
pillar is St. George killing the dragon. The other public buildings
are, a free school, which is a handsome brick structure, well endowed,
the King being patron, and the Warden of All Souls College in Oxford,
Visitor; and a handsome almshouse, built and endowed by Mr. John Sayer
and his wife, who gave 1300_l._ for that purpose.
BERKLEY SQUARE, near Hyde Park road, contains about three acres, and is
well built on the north, east and west sides.
The following is an account of the choice and valuable collection of
pictures and prints of John Barnard, Esq; at his house in Berkley
square.
A holy family, by Parmegiano, well preserved, and the characters very
fine. It was out of the Count de Platembourg’s collection at
Amsterdam.
A crucifixion, by Paulo Veronese, about three feet high; there is a
fine group of figures at bottom, and the figures on the cross are
remarkably well drawn.
Christ calling to Zaccheus; and the Angel appearing to St. John in the
wilderness; both by Paulo Veronese, in his finest manner and highest
colouring.
A præsepe, or nativity, by Jacomo Bassan; the light comes from the
child, and has a surprizing effect, being in his highest colouring.
These three last are upright narrow pictures, oval at top, and were
originally designed for some elegant little chapel.
Christ led to be crucified, by the same master; the colouring is the
richest; and the expression is much finer than one often sees of
Bassan.
Adam ploughing and Eve spinning, by Domenico Fetti: this picture is
finely coloured, and the character of Eve is prettier than can well be
expressed; it was in the collection of Monsieur Biberon at Paris, and
Monsieur Crozat mentions it in his work, along with two others of the
same subject, one of which belongs to the King of France.
A holy family, with a little St. John presenting a cross, by Guido.
This picture, which is but fifteen inches high, may be truly said to
be in his very finest manner; the characters of the Virgin and St.
Joseph are inexpressibly fine, and it is in the best preservation. It
was in the Duke de Tallard’s collection.
The martyrdom of a female saint, by Correggio. This picture came out
of the same collection as the last, and is much of the same size; it
is in his first manner, but yet visibly of his hand; the colouring and
some of the characters are fine. The Duke of Tallard had it out of the
collection of Monsieur Crozat, where it was always esteemed a true
picture of Correggio.
A holy family, with a little St. John presenting a dish of fruit, by
Simone da Pesaro, commonly called Cantarini, who was the best disciple
of Guido. The figures are half length as big as life. True pictures of
this master are very scarce in England, and this is one of his best,
and in the highest preservation.
The Virgin with the child in her lap, half length, as big as life, by
Vandyck. The character of the Virgin is as sweet, and the colouring as
fine, as any thing of this master’s painting. This was out of the
collection of Monsieur Biberon, and there is an old print of this
picture.
A holy family, by the same master. This is the small picture, but the
characters of the Virgin and child, and the sweetness and mellowness
of the colouring, are at least equal to the large one. There is a
print of this by Bolswert.
A head of St. Peter, with a fish in his hand, by Spagnoletto. The
expression and force in this picture are extremely great. There is a
mezzotinto print engraved after it by Mr. MacArdell.
Pharoah and his host drowned in the Red sea, about five feet wide, by
Valerio Castelli. The character of Moses is very great, and the
colouring throughout is remarkably fine.
The conversion of St. Paul, by Luca Jordano, with many figures and
horsemen, about six feet wide. This is one of his best, in the free
and spirited style, for which he was most famous.
A battle, by the same master, not quite so large. The composition in
this picture is better, and the figures seem more alive and in motion,
than in almost any battle pieces to be met with.
Tobit burying the dead, by Benedetto Castiglione, in the style of
Nicola Poussin, which master (in his latter time) he particularly
studied and imitated; and he succeeded therein so well, in this
picture, both in the composition and drawing, that was not his name
upon it, several of the best judges have declared, they should not
only have taken it for a true picture of that master, but also for a
very fine one of him.
A landskip, by Claude Lorrain, near four feet wide; the subject is a
warm evening; it is in the highest preservation, not in the least
turned black, and in his very finest taste and manner of painting: the
keeping, and that harmony and tenderness of tints, for which that
master was so famous, are remarkably conspicuous in this picture, and
the figures, which are but few, are much better than one generally
sees in his works.
A præsepe, by Pietro da Cortona: the composition and the harmony of
colours in this picture are very fine.
The entombing of Christ, by Federico Barocci: the dead body is rather
disagreeable, but some of the characters are very fine. This was out
of the Duke D’Auvergne’s collection at Paris.
The adoration of the Magi, by Rubens: this is only a sketch for a
large picture, yet it is so finished, that at a proper distance the
characters are as expressive, and the colouring as rich as in a
finish’d picture.
St. Thomas, who disbelieves putting his finger in the wound in
Christ’s side, by Michael Angelo Caravaggio. This is also a sketch,
but the dignity in the characters, and the fine large folds of
drapery, shew it to be the work of a great master. Mr. Barnard has a
print of this picture etch’d by the master himself, which is extremely
scarce.
The stoning of St. Stephen, by Filippo Lauri. Though the figures in
this picture are rather larger than those which are in his very best
manner, yet they are finely drawn, and the gaiety and beauty of the
colouring, together with the fine keeping observed in the distant
figures, make it a very pleasing and fine picture.
Christ’s agony in the garden, by the same master. The figures in this
are smaller than in the preceding; and the fine characters, and
correctness of drawing of the figures, joined to the beautiful
colouring, have always made this picture, though a very small one,
esteemed by the greatest judges as one of his best.
The same subject in a round, about a foot diameter, by Carlo Maratti;
the angels heads are fine, and the colouring pleasing. This picture
belonged to Mr. Jarvis the painter, who had a companion to it by the
same hand, the subject a dead Christ; he valued them very highly.
A holy family, by the same master, about one foot seven inches high;
this is painted in his best time and finest colouring.
A Silence, by Nicolo Poussin: the subject a landskip, the evening, in
which a little boy is running away with a Satyr’s musical instrument
as he lies asleep; other figures are lying and leaning in a reposed
manner. Though this picture is only about seventeen inches wide, and
the figures but small, yet they are as genteel, and as correctly
drawn, as in any of his finest pictures.
The woman taken in adultery, by Sebastian Ricci. The greatness of the
design the dignity and propriety of the characters, particularly the
woman, and the harmony of the colours, shew him to be (tho’ a modern
master) equal to most of the greatest that went before him.
Two misers counting and setting down their money; the same subject,
but with some variation as that at Windsor, by Quintin Matsys of
Antwerp, who repeated this picture several times.
An old man’s head with a ruff, painted by Rembrant. It is thought to
be the portrait of Ephraim Bonus the Physician, as it bears a great
resemblance to the print of him engraved by Rembrant himself, but in
the picture he is much older. The light and shade in this picture is
extremely fine. Mr. Houston, an excellent engraver in mezzotinto, has
engraved a very fine print after this picture.
A fine landskip with Tobit and the Angel, near three feet wide, by the
same master; the effect of colours in this picture is surprising.
A Magdalene’s head, by Guido.
An historical subject, a woman and three children, _&c._ by Solimene.
This is better coloured, and more finished, than one generally sees of
this master.
Angels holding a mitre over St. Ambrose, a finished sketch for a large
picture, by the same master. The character of St. Ambrose is very
fine, and the draperies are in a great style of painting.
Susannah and the Elders, by Le Moine. The colouring of the woman, who
is near naked, is very fine, and the composition and the landskip are
very agreeable.
A little boy and girl naked in a landskip of a garden, by Albano, in
his richest colouring.
A battle, by Bourgognone, about two feet wide; this is clearer and
better coloured than most of his pictures usually are.
Two landskips, by Gaspar Poussin, about two feet two inches wide each.
They are in his finest green manner, and extremely well preserved.
Another landskip, by the same master, a little larger but upright, and
also in his richest and best manner.
A landskip with rocks, and a man lying reading, by Salvator Rosa,
about two feet two inches wide. This is one of those pictures that
were engraved and published by direction of Mr. Pond some years ago:
it belonged then to Mr. Kent.
A landskip, its companion, by Bartolomeo, a disciple of the above
master. The figures and water in this picture are remarkably fine.
A landskip, a warm evening, about the same size, by Jean Asselin,
commonly called Crabacci, with cattle in the water by Berchem in his
finest manner. Mr. Major, an engraver of great merit, has made a very
capital print from this picture.
A landskip with cattle and figures, by Cuyp, its companion. The
sun-shine, for which this master is so famous, is particularly fine in
this picture.
Venus and Adonis with Cupids, by Van Baelen, in a landskip about the
same size as the above, by Velvet Brughell, who has introduced dogs,
_&c._ painted with the utmost life and spirit. This is as fine a
coloured picture as can possibly be met with.