ILLUSTRATIONS xxi FIG. 310. A view of Cape Diamond, Plains of Abraham, and part of the town of Quebec and the river St. Lawrence; drawn by Lieutenant Fisher (From an engraving in the British Museum) 311. Wolfe. (From the painting by Schaak in the National Portrait Gallery) 312. A naval engagement; defeat of the French off Cape Lagos, August 1759 From a picture by R. Paton) 313. Officer with fusil and gorget (From Sir S. Scott's ' History of the British Army') 314. Uniform of Militia, 1759 (From Raikes's First Regiment of Militia')' 315. Uniform of a Light Dragoon, about 1760 (From Grose's' Military Antiquities') 316. The third Eddystone Lighthouse; built by Smeaton in 1759 (From 'European Magazine,' vol. xix.) 317. Silver coffee-pot belonging to the Salters' Company, 1764 (From Cripps' 'College and Corporation Plate ') 318. Edmund Burke (From a painting by Reynolds in the National Portrait Gallery) 319. George III. in 1767 PAGE 754 755 757 758 775 778 781 (From a painting by Allan Ramsay in the National Portrait Gallery) 320. Lord North (From the engraving by Burke after a painting by Dance) 321. Distribution of His Majesty's Maundy (From the engraving by Basire, 1773) 322. Part of Somerset House; built by Sir William Chambers, 1776-80. 785 (From a photograph) 323. Charles James Fox as a young man (From Watson's mezzotint after a painting by Reynolds) 324 The Gordon Riots, 1780 (From an engraving by Heath after the picture by Wheatley) 325. Newgate Prison; rebuilt in 1782 after the Gordon Riots (From a photograph) 326. The Siege of Gibraltar, 1781 (From European Magazine,' vol. ii.) 327. Costumes of persons of quality, about 1783 328. Costumes of gentlefolk, about 1784 329. Society at Vauxhall 790 791 793 797 800 807 809 811 331. Pitt speaking in the House of Commons 812 (From Hickel's painting in the National Portrait Gallery) 332. Lock on a Canal (From Elmes's Metropolitan Improvements,' 1827) 333. James Brindley (From the portrait by Parsons engraved in Taylor's 'National 334. Arkwright (From a painting by Wright of Derby in the National Portrait 814 815 (From an aquatint after T. Rowlandson, 1785) 330. Regulation musket, 1786, popularly known as Brown Bess (From Sir S. Scott's History of the British Army') 816 FIG. 335. Crompton (From a painting by Allingham engraved in Taylor's National 336. Uniform of sailors about 1790 (From a caricature by Rowlandson, and a broadside of 1790) 337. Head-dress of a lady (Mrs. Abington) about 1778 (From 'European Magazine,' vol. xxxiii.) 338. The Union Jack in use since 1801 (From Boutell's English Heraldry') 339. William Pitt (From the bust by Nollekens in the National Portrait Gallery) 340. Royal arms as borne from 1714 to 1801 341. Royal arms as borne from 1801 to 1816 342. Royal arms as borne from 1816 to 1837 343 Greathead's lifeboat, 1803 (From European Magazine, vol. xliii.) 344. The Old East India House in 1803 (From European Magazine, vol. xliii.) 345. The old Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey, 1803 (From a contemporary engraving) 346. The King in the House of Lords, 1804 (From 'Modern London') PAGE 817 829 839 842 843 844 347. Napoleon's medal struck to commemorate the invasion of England 851 (From a cast in the British Museum) 348. Hyde Park on a Sunday, 1804 852 (From 'Modern London') 349. Lord Nelson 853 (From the picture by L. F. Abbott in the National Portrait Gallery) 350. Fox 856 (From his bust by Nollekens in the National Portrait Gallery) 354. Waterloo Bridge; opened June 18, 1817, built by Rennie (From Elmes's ' Metropolitan Improvements') 878 355. George III. in old age 881 (From C. Turner's mezzotint) 356. George IV. (From an unfinished portrait by Lawrence in the National Portrait 883 357. Lord Byron 886 (From an engraving after a painting by Sanders) 358. Sir Walter Scott 888 (From a photograph of a painting by Colvin Smith in Scott Memorials) 359. Wordsworth at the age of 28 (From a drawing by R. Hancock in the National Portrait Gallery) 360. Canning from Stewardson's portrait (From Taylor's 'National Biography') 361. Apsley House, the residence of the Duke of Wellington, in 1829 (From Elmes's 'Metropolitan Improvements') ILLUSTRATIONS xxiii FIG. 362. William IV.; from a portrait by Dawe 363. The Duke of Wellington (From a bust by J. Francis in the National Portrait Gallery) 364. Earl Grey 365. Viscount Melbourne (All from Hayter's picture of The Meeting of the First Reformed 904 906 366. Lord Palmerston 367. An early steamboat (From the Instructor' of 1833) 368. Engine employed at the Killingworth Colliery, familiarly known as 'Puffing Billy' 369. No. 1 Engine of the Stockton and Darlington Railway 370. St. Luke's, Chelsea, designed by Savage, and built in 1824 (From Elmes's 'Metropolitan Improvements') 371. Banner of the Royal Arms as borne since 1837 (From Boutell's English Heraldry') 372. Queen Victoria: after a portrait by Lane (From the engraving by Thompson) 373. Lord John Russell 907 (From a photograph by Valentine & Sons, Dundee) 907 (From a photograph by Valentine & Sons, Dundee, of the original at 377. St. George's Hall, Liverpool, completed in 1859 942 378. The Victoria Cross, instituted in 1856 (From Boutells English Heraldry') 947 (From a painting by Sir F. Grant) 374. The New Houses of Parliament (From a photograph by Valentine & Sons, Dundee) 375. Sir Robert Peel (From the bust by Noble in the National Portrait Gallery) 376. The Britannia Tubular Railway Bridge, opened in 1850 (From a photograph by Valentine & Sons, Dundee) |