Barn Elms, Jacob Tonson, the famous publisher, secretary of the Kitcat Club, built a gallery for the reception of portraits of the members.
The painting, signed "EE," is by Edward Edwards, elected A.R.A. in 1771, and made Professor of Perspective in 1788.
By E. Edwards, A.R.A. (1738-1806).
Lent by Sir H. Wilson.
22 THE MONUMENT FROM FISH STREET HILL.
Watercolour on etched outline. 9 by 12 in.
The Monument, designed by Sir Christopher Wren to commemorate the Great Fire of London, was finished in 1677. Beyond it is shown the steeple of the church of St. Magnus, also designed by Wren; beyond that again, part of the roadway of old London Bridge. After the removal of the houses on the bridge, its east path was continued along a passage then formed through the church tower. Fish Street Hill is a continuation of Gracechurch Street to the south, and was the main thoroughfare to old London Bridge.
The painting is unsigned and undated: it belongs perhaps to the beginning of the nineteenth century. Lent by Sir E. Coates.
Plate XII. 23 CAMP NEAR SERPENTINE, HYDE PARK, 1780.
Watercolour. 19 by 10 in.
Tents near the water. In the foreground a group of figures. To the left a dog is harnessed to a barrow, a man pushing behind.
Paul Sandby published "Views in the Encampments in the Parks," 1780, for which series this was probably done.
By P. Sandby, R.A., 1780 (1725-1809).
Lent by H.M. the King.
24 OPERA HOUSE, HAYMARKET.
Watercolour. 10-1/2 by 7-3/4 in.
The first theatre on this site (designed by Sir John Vanbrugh) was opened in 1705 and burnt down in 1789. The second building, which is here represented, was begun in 1790, and was enlarged by J. Nash and G. S. Repton in 1816-8.
R. B. Schnebbelie, whose father also practised art, and whose
