LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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Leinster House, Old Gateway, as it appeared 



in 1885 Frontispiece 



{Photograph by Mr. A. McGoogan) 



Thomas Prior 



[Marble Bust by /. Van Nost : Leinster House) 



William Maple 



{Marble Bust by Patrick Cunningham : Leinster House) 



Philip, Earl of Chesterfield 



{From a Mezzotint by J. Brooks) 



Samuel Madden, d.d 



{From a Mezzotint by Charles Spooner) 



Prior Monument, Christ Church, Dublin 



{J. Van Nost) 



Society's Escritoire, 1753 .... 

 Society's House, Grafton Street 



{Gentleman' s Magazine, 1786) 



President's Chair, 1767 .... 

 Society's House, Hawkins Street, West Front 



(Hibernian Magazine, 1801) 



Leinster House, West Front, 1792 . 



{After a drawing by fames Ma I ton) 



Leinster House, Conversation Room 

 Leinster House, Council Room .... 

 Leinster House, Mantelpiece, Reception Room 

 Leinster House, Reception Room 



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