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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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St. Jacques. At Constance is a brass to Robert 

 Halluni, Bishop of Sarum, of Englisli workman- 

 ship, 1416 (see Archceologia, vol. xxx.) 



At Meissen and Aix-la-Chapelle are others, of 

 •which I shall be glad to learn the names. The 

 following list is taken from a German literary 

 gazette, containing a review by M, Kugler of the 

 llev. C. Boutell's Mon. Brasses and Slabs : 



Altenhurg, 1475, 



BronweUer. An Abbot, fifteenth century. 



Cues. In Chapel of Hospital. Cardinal Cusanus. 



Luheck. Cathedral. Two Bishops on one plate, 



1317-50. 



St. Mary. Beck, Mayor, 1521. 



Slralsund. St. Nicholas, 1357. 



Thorn. Knight and Lady, fourteenth century. 



This list was sent me by a friend, who omitted 

 to state the name of the magazine from which he 

 derived it. Other brasses worthy of note are : 



Sweden. Upsala Cathedral. St. Henry in epi- 

 scopal vestments, with a bishop kneeling at his 

 feet. Engraved in Perings-kiold, Mon. Suio- 

 Gothorum, lib. i. (Stockholm, 1710). 



Seville. Don Perafuu de Ribera, 1517. 



Funchal. Madeira. 



Doubtless, your correspondent who dates from 

 Bruges will kindly complete the list for that in- 

 teresting city. And I hope, ere long, that all the 

 existing memorials may be duly registered in your 

 columns. Query, Who are commemorated by 

 the brasses at Dublin and Glasgow ? It is sup- 

 posed that no others exist in Ireland and Scotland 

 than these three, two of which are at the former 

 place. W. Sparkow Simpson. 



NOTES ON OLD LONDON. 



The reading public are much indebted to 

 Mr. Cunningham for his valuable and most 

 entertaining Handbook for London, in which he 

 has collected a multitude of records of persons 

 and localities, which but for his diligence and 

 perseverance must have been lost to posterity. 

 Nevertheless, some facts and incidents have 

 escaped his inquiries, which an old inhabitant of 

 this metropolis, during the latter end of the last 

 and beginning of the present century, is able to 

 supply ; and which may interest such as are still 

 cotemporarles with the writer. If the following 

 notices be found worthy of insertion in your pages, 

 they may occasionally be succeeded by others of a 

 similar nature. 



Pall Mall. — On the south side, a few doors 

 from Marlborough House, is that which was occu- 

 pied by the bookseller Edwards, the Murray of 

 his day ; and where all the wits and notabilities of 

 that period used to assemble, to discuss literature 

 and the arts. 



ScJiomherg House. — The centre part, which 

 is stated to have been fitted up by Astiey, was 

 subsequently occupied by a celebrated enipyrie, 

 Dr. Graham, who there delivered his philoso- 

 phical lectures, in which he introduced as the 

 goddess of health a lady named Prescott. The 

 doctor fitted up the attics of the house for his pri- 

 vate residence, which could only be approached by 

 a moveable staircase. It contained a bed-room, 

 study, kitchen, and the usual appendages ; and 

 here he withdrew when not inclined to be dis- 

 turbed: the staircase being removed, prevented 

 all access. The same house was subsequently 

 occupied by R. Cosway, R.A., the fashionable 

 miniature painter of his day ; and here his accom- 

 plished wife, Maria Cosway, was accustomed to 

 receive the taste and talent of the day, including 

 the nobles of the land and the representatives of 

 foreign powei's ; the young and gay Prince of 

 Wales, afterwards George IV., being frequently 

 among the visitors of her musical parties, which 

 were rendered attractive by the combined talents 

 of the best performers of the day. These were, 

 Schroeter, Dussek, Clementi, TenduccI, Marches!, 

 &c. Mrs. Cosway, who was herself an able artist, 

 converted Dr. Graham's study into a painting 

 room, from the large window of which she en- 

 joyed the beautiful prospect of St. James's Park, 

 Westminster Abbey, &c. The kitchen was con- 

 verted into a green-house, filled with rare plants, 

 and adorned with a fountain in the middle. Thr* 

 lady afterwards made a pilgrimage to the shrine 

 of the Virgin, at Loretto, in pursuance of a vow 

 made that she would do so, if blessed with a living 

 child. After she left England, Mr. Cosway re- 

 moved to the western corner of Stratford Place, 

 Oxford Street ; and two or three years after to a 

 house two doors higher, where he resided till the 

 time of his death, which took place suddenly 

 while in a carriage with his friend Mrs. Udney. 



Towards the end of last century, the E. wing of 

 Schomberg House was converted into fashionable 

 millinery rooms by Dyde and Scribe, which are 

 now occupied by their successors, Harding and Co. 



In a house nearly adjoining was the original 

 establishment of Mr. Christie the auctioneer 

 (father to the present Mr. C), who was the origi- 

 nator of what may be termed the puffing system 

 of auction ; and who was remarkable for the 

 elegance of language and manner, which far sur- 

 passed that of his imitators in later times. 



Next door to the residence of the Duke of 

 Buckingham was the Golden Bull, well known as 

 a shop for all kinds of articles for ladies' work. 



A few doors still farther on was the residence 

 of Mr. Angerstein, where was deposited the fine 

 collection of pictures by the ancient masters, which 

 after his death was purchased by government, 

 and formed the nucleus of the present National 

 Gallery. ^ X. 



