Lot 716: James Lawson Stewart (1829-1911)

James Lawson Stewart (1829-1911)
The old Royal Academy, Pall Mall (illustrated); Goodwin's Court, St Martin's Lane; Porches in Carrington Street; Ducking Pond Yard, Park Lane; Kingley Street and Foubert's Place, Regent's Street; and the entrance to Whitehall, Old Scotland Yard in the background
three signed with monogram (lower right) and three signed 'JLStewart' (lower left) and all inscribed with titles (on the reverse)
pencil and watercolour heightened with white, unframed
7 x 10 in. (17.7 x 25.4 cm.) (6)

The Royal Academy occupied a building on the south side of Pall Mall from its foundation in 1769 until 1771 when it moved to Somerset House. The Academy was moved again in 1837 to Trafalgar Square and it wasn't until 1868 that it made its final move to its permanent quarters at Burlington House.
When the Academy left the Pall Mall building it was passed onto James Christie who had occupied buildings to the west of it since 1767.