Watercolour. 12 by 9½ in.
Scene by the river near Barnes. In the distance are the towers of Fulham Church and of Putney Church at each end of old Putney Bridge.
Barn Elms, east of what was the village of Barnes and extending to the river, doubtless derived its second name from the trees that abounded there. The mansion called Barn Elms, which is the chief building and has considerable grounds attached to it, is now occupied by the Ranelagh Club, which moved there from Ranelagh House, Fulham (not to be confused with Ranelagh, Chelsea), in 1884. At 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.