Wash and pen drawing. 28¼ by 15¼ in.
On spectator’s right the first important object is York Water-gate
still standing at the end of Buckingham Street, Strand, probably
designed by Inigo Jones in 1626, and executed by Nicholas Stone. (The
design is claimed for the latter in his Account Book.) Behind it is
the house where Samuel Pepys lived with Hewer. No. 14 Buckingham
Street is on the site. Next is York Water-tower, a slender wooden
building about seventy feet high, part of the waterworks established
27 Charles II to supply the West End with Thames water. They were
burnt down and re-erected in 1690. Westminster Abbey and Westminster
Hall are prominent. Westminster Bridge is unfinished. Lambeth Palace
appears in the distance to spectator’s left. A drawing apparently
copied from this is in the print room of the British Museum.
By CANALETTO, _c._ 1746 (1697-1768).
_Lent by Mr. J. P. Heseltine._