457 - Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie,

Robert Blemmell Schnebbelie, British 1785-1849- A courtyard with almshouses; watercolour on paper, signed and dated 'RB Schnebbelie 1812' (lower right), 17.2 x 43.7 cm. Provenance: with Martyn Gregory, London [VG 290]. Note: Schnebbelie specialised in recording historic buildings in London and the south-east, exhibiting at the Royal Academy between 1803 and 1821. His drawings were widely engraved for publications including 'Londina Illustrata', David Hughson's 'Description of London', and the Gentleman's Magazine. His work is held in the collections of the Museum of London and the Guildhall Art Gallery. The present work is characteristic of his oeuvre, as he often recorded views of almshouses and other charitable institutions. Comparable examples include his watercolour of the almshouses at Bocking, Essex, held in the collection of the V&A [E.4848-1923], and three watercolours of Henry Monger's Almshouses, Church Crescent, South Hackney, also in the collection of the V&A [E.4668-1923].