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By the Rev. HERBERT PENTIN, M.A. 



HE water-colour views of Old Portland which are 

 here reproduced en bloc for the first time* 

 have a little history of their own. Soon 

 after John Penn, afterwards Governor of 

 Portland, had built Pennsylvania Castle as 

 his residence he commissioned J. W. 

 Upham, an artist of some repute who for 

 the latter portion of his life lived at Wey- 

 mouth, exhibited at the Royal Academy, 

 and enjoyed the patronage of the Princess 



Augusta, to paint at his leisure eighteen views of Portland. 



The work was spread over the years 1802-5. 



During the changes in the ownership of Pennsylvania 



the pictures remained in the Castle, and in the year 1887 



passed into the possession of Mr. J. Merrick Head, who 



* C. Hullmandel reproduced a few of them with minutice of difference 

 in detail. 



