The London Institution, Moorfields: the interior of the lecture theatre. Watercolour by R. B. Schnebbelie, 1820.
- Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849.
- Date:
- 1820
- Reference:
- 26237i
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This is the preparatory painting for the vignette in Wellcome Library catalogue no. 26233i
The London Institution was founded in 1806. At first meetings were in a house, then a building was erected in Moorfields in 1819 at the behest of a number of charitable subscribers. As well as a fine library, the building housed a lecture room, used for scientific demonstrations. The Institution was demolished in 1936
Schnebbelie has given his drawing a trompe l'oeil surround
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[London]
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1 painting : watercolour, with pencil ; image 3.5 x 7.8 cm
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Theatre of the London Institution. ; Robert Blemmel Schnebbelie del. ; 1820
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Wellcome Collection 26237i
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