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Library ; while the illustrations selected from the Smith- 

 son Collection are reproduced by the kind permission of 

 the owner. The drawings by Thomas Sandby and 

 Edward Dayes are from the British Museum and the 

 Victoria and Albert Museum, South Kensington, 

 respectively. 



The proprietors of Country Life have kindly furnished 

 Figs. 162-63, an d the Publishers have supplied illustra- 

 tions from various works issued by them, including 

 reproductions of two of Mr Triggs' drawings from 

 " Formal Gardens in England and Scotland," and some 

 of Mr Tanner's drawings from " Inigo Jones" and 

 " Interior Woodwork." 



I am indebted to the following photographers for per- 

 mission to include photographs taken by them : Messrs 

 Bedford, Lemere & Co., Figs. 141, 143-44, 318 ; Messrs 

 F. Frith & Co., Figs. 4, 5, 56, and 255 ; Messrs Hills 

 and Saunders, Fig. 155 ; and Mr H. Evans, Fig. 52. 

 A number of photographs have been contributed by Mr 

 Montague Cooper, Mr F. H. Crossley, Mr Horace Dan, 

 and Dr G. Granville Buckley. Other subjects have been 

 furnished by Mr A. E. Walsham, Messrs Thos. Lewis 

 Ltd., of Birmingham, and the late Mr W. Galsworthy 

 Davie, while those not otherwise mentioned are from 

 negatives taken by myself. 



I must also acknowledge with thanks the kindness of 

 Mr E. R. M. Pratt, of Ryston Hall, Norfolk, in placing 

 at my disposal the contents of his ancestor's note-books 

 mentioned in the Appendix. 



J. A. GOTCH. 



KETTERING, 

 April 1918. 



