106 Phjmpton in the Olden Titne, by James Hine, F.R.I.B.A. 
£150., when the town was disfranchised ! That this was " the hour 
and power of darkness " there cannot be a doubt. 
Sir Joshua Reynolds died on the 23rd February, 1792, and 
was interred in the crypt of S. Paul s Cathedral with every honour 
that could be shewn to worth and genius. His tomb, adorned by 
one of Flaxman's best works, is almost close to that of Sir 
Christopher Wren ; — England's greatest Painter we may almost 
say without any qualification, and England's greatest Architect ; 
each during some portion of life connected with this honoured 
little town of Plympton, though by different ties and at different 
periods of its history ; both resting from their labours in the great 
temple which Wren built, and which Reynolds sought to adorn 
with his matchless pencil. 
The great honour which belongs to Plympton deserves to be 
held in lasting remembrance, not merely by every inhabitant of 
that town, but by all in this neighbourhood who have any appre- 
ciation of art or desire for its advancement. 
Note. — The authorities for the historical facts in this paper are Dr. 
Oliver, Kev. S. Eowe, and Mr. Cotton. I am indebted to Mr. Deeble Boger, 
of Wolsden, for the drawing of the Plympton Seals from which the engraving 
is taken. 
