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glafs, by Mr. Pearfon, from the defign of the late Mr.
Mortimer; prefented by the Right Honorable the
Ear] of Radnor.

" In the great wirdowof New-college, Oxford,
The Nativity, and the cardinal Virtues^ painted on glafs,
by Meflieurs J#rvis, from the original pictures, by Sir
J fhua Reynolds.

*.* In the principal window of the library of Trinity
college, Cambridge,—a fubjecr. in which the great
Chancellor Bacon and Sir Ijaac Newton, fiuoents in that
fociety, are introduced -t painted on glafs, by Mr.
Becket, of York, from a deh6n by Mr. Cipriani."

The noble work of Mr. harry will be noticed in its
place in this work, we therefore omit Mr. G.'s account
of tha; lingular performance.

" The royal hofpital at Greenwich have commif-
fioned Mr. Weft to r>atnt the fmpwreck of St. Paul on
the ijland of Melita, where he was attacked by a viper,
for the altar-piece of its chapei, as foon as it's renova-
tion is completed. This hofpital is,known to be in
poffefjion of the only painted-hall we have to boaft of
in the kingdom, Windfor excepted ; and there is not
a vifitor to that magnificent palace, but makes that
room a part of his obfervation ; yet although terms of
admiflion are not prefcribed, and even halfpence are
offered, and received for that indulgence, the annual
amount of fhewing that hall, on an average, is up-
wards of 300/. If therefore, we calculate that pro-
duce from the year 1715, (when part of the monies
arifing out of the cuftom of fhewing it to the public,
were far ft appropriated to the purpofe of placing out the
fans of the penfioners as apprentices), to the prefent

time,