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._ 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. 10½ by 7¾ 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 grandfather, a native of Zurich, had been in the Dutch navy, was employed as a draughtsman for many years beginning about 1803, and did much good work for Wilkinson’s “Londina Illustrata”; this is the original of an engraving in that publication. He died about 1849. By R. B. SCHNEBBELIE, 1819. _Lent by H.M. the King._ 25 KING STREET GATE-HOUSE. Watercolour. 8¼ by 13 in.