The London Institution: the interior of the library, with a vignette of the lecture theatre. Engraving by H. R. Cook after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1820.

  • Schnebbelie, Robert Blemmel, -approximately 1849.
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4 June 1820
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26233i
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The London Institution: the interior of the library, with a vignette of the lecture theatre. Engraving by H. R. Cook after R. B. Schnebbelie, 1820. Wellcome Collection. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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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

See Wellcome Library catalogue no. 26237i for Schnebbelie's original drawing of the lecture theatre vignette

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London (125 Fenchurch Street) : Robert Wilkinson, 4 June 1820.

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1 print : engraving ; image 23.7 x 33 cm

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Interior view of the library of the London Institution in Moorefields, originally founded in 1805 by the spirited exertions of 1,000 proprietors each subscribing 75 guineas. ; Schnebbelie delt. ; Cook sculp.

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Not in B. Adams, London illustrated, London, 1983

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Wellcome Collection 26233i

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