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260 TALIIS'S ILLUSTRATED LONDON ;
have come under review in an earlier part of this work,
the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 53, Pali-Mall;
the Water-Colour Exhibition in Pall-Mail East; and the
British Gallery, Pali-Mall, have high attraction for the
admirers of the fine arts.
The private picture galleries are numerous; to many of
these the puhlic are allowed access by the noble owners
under certain regulations. Among the leading collections
are those of the late Sir Robert Peel, the Bridgewater and
Grosvenor galleries; and the paintings of the Duke of
Sutherland and Mr. Hope.
CHAPTER XXI.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS.
As some of the illustrations in this work represent edifices
which have either been raised since its commencement,
or the situation of which lay out of the direct routes we
have pursued, we purpose to devote a few pages to a brief
review of the most prominent of such structures.
St. Peter's Hospital, "Wandsworth, is better known to
the general public under the name of the Fishmongers'
Almshouses. The original almshouses were commenced
in 1615 by Sir Thomas Hunt, who bequeathed an annual
sum of £20 towards building and founding an hospital
for poor men, and in 1617 a piece of ground was pur-
chased for £120 by the company in Newington, Surrey,
for the erection of the fabric. In 1617, twelve houses
were built, and in 1633 six additional ones and a dining-
hall. In 1721 John Hulbert left £9,467 to found an
almshouse for twenty poor men and women; and alto-
gether a range of forty-two houses was built, in the
centre of a well-planted garden, surrounded by a dwarf
have come under review in an earlier part of this work,
the Society of Painters in Water-Colours, 53, Pali-Mall;
the Water-Colour Exhibition in Pall-Mail East; and the
British Gallery, Pali-Mall, have high attraction for the
admirers of the fine arts.
The private picture galleries are numerous; to many of
these the puhlic are allowed access by the noble owners
under certain regulations. Among the leading collections
are those of the late Sir Robert Peel, the Bridgewater and
Grosvenor galleries; and the paintings of the Duke of
Sutherland and Mr. Hope.
CHAPTER XXI.
MISCELLANEOUS BUILDINGS.
As some of the illustrations in this work represent edifices
which have either been raised since its commencement,
or the situation of which lay out of the direct routes we
have pursued, we purpose to devote a few pages to a brief
review of the most prominent of such structures.
St. Peter's Hospital, "Wandsworth, is better known to
the general public under the name of the Fishmongers'
Almshouses. The original almshouses were commenced
in 1615 by Sir Thomas Hunt, who bequeathed an annual
sum of £20 towards building and founding an hospital
for poor men, and in 1617 a piece of ground was pur-
chased for £120 by the company in Newington, Surrey,
for the erection of the fabric. In 1617, twelve houses
were built, and in 1633 six additional ones and a dining-
hall. In 1721 John Hulbert left £9,467 to found an
almshouse for twenty poor men and women; and alto-
gether a range of forty-two houses was built, in the
centre of a well-planted garden, surrounded by a dwarf