Westminster Collection (#98)

Victoria Tower, Westminster, c1837 (1904). Artist: Sir Charles Barry
Victoria Tower, Westminster, c1837 (1904). From The The Royal Academy From Reynolds to Millais Edited by Charles Holme. [Offices of The Studio, London, Paris and New York, 1904]

Buckingham Water Gate, the Strand, London, c1850. The gate was built in 1626

Emery Hills Almshouses, Rochester Row, Westminster, London, 1880 (1926). Artist: John Crowther
Emery Hills Almshouses, Rochester Row, Westminster, London, 1880 (1926). From Lost London, described by E. Beresford Chancellor. [The Chiswick Press for Constable and Company Limited, London, 1926]

Butlers Almshouses, Westminster, London, 1879 (1926). Artist: John Crowther
Butlers Almshouses, Westminster, London, 1879 (1926). From Lost London, described by E. Beresford Chancellor. [The Chiswick Press for Constable and Company Limited, London, 1926]

View of Wych Street, Westminster, looking east from New Inn gateway, London, c1880. Artist: John Crowther
Wych Street, Looking East from New Inn Gateway, London, c1880 (1926). From Lost London, described by E. Beresford Chancellor. [The Chiswick Press for Constable and Company Limited, London, 1926]

Westminster Abbey, London, showing Benno Elkans Old Testament and New Testament Candelabra, c1942. Designed by the sculptor Benno Elkan (1877-1960)

St Jamess Palace, Pall Mall, c19th century

Alcove on the Old Westminster Bridge, 1897. Artist: Edward Walford
Alcove on the Old Westminster Bridge, 1897. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

The Strand, 1560 (1897). Artist: Ralph Aggas
The Strand, 1560 (1897). Part of a larger map. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

The Savoy, 1815 (1897). Artist: John Preston Neale
The Savoy, 1815 (1897). After a drawing by J.P. Neale. From Old and New London Vol III by Edward Walford. [Cassell and Company Ltd, London, 1897]

Westminster Abbey. From South Transept, looking North-East. St. Benedicts Chapel, c1903. Artist: SB Bolas & Co
Westminster Abbey. From South Transept, looking North-East. St. Benedicts Chapel, c1903. From Penroses Pictorial Annual 1903-4, edited by William Gamble. [A. W. Penrose & Co. London, 1903-4]

Hugh Richard Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster, (1879-1953), 1894-1907. British landowner and one of the wealthiest men in the world. From Ogdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes

The residence of Sir Isaac Newton, St Martins Street, Leicester Square, 1840. Artist: C J Smith
The residence of Sir Isaac Newton, St Martins Street, Leicester Square, 1840. House inhabited by Newton (1642-1727) from 1710 to 1727

The ballroom, Buckingham Palace, London, late 19th or early 20th century

The Opening of Parliament, Westminster, London, 1866. Artist: William Barnes Wollen
The Opening of Parliament, Westminster, London, 1866. Queen Victoria at the Peers Entrance of Westminster Palace. Illustration from The Life & Times of Queen Victoria, by Robert Wilson, Vol III

Somerset House, Westminster, London. Designed by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century, Somerset House originally housed public offices

St Jamess Palace, Pall Mall, Westminster, London. Situated on the Mall just to the north of St Jamess Park, St Jamess Palace was commissioned by Henry VIII

Horse Guards and the Treasury, Whitehall, Westminster, London, 1810. Artist: G Cooke
Horse Guards and the Treasury, Whitehall, Westminster, London, 1810. The Palladian Horse Guards was built in the early 1750s by John Vardy to a design by William Kent

Western towers, Westminster Abbey, London, 1815. Artist: Matthews
Western towers, Westminster Abbey, London, 1815. Designed in Gothic Revival style by Nicholas Hawksmoor, the western towers were added to the abbey between 1722 and 1745

The Guildhall, Westminster, London, 1828. Artist: M Barrenger
The Guildhall, Westminster, London, 1828

Italian Opera House, Haymarket, Westminster, London, late 18th - early 19th century. The building was constructed in the 1790s on the site of an earlier theatre founded by Sir John Vanbrugh that was

Marlborough House, London. Artist: Charles Grignion
Marlborough House, London. Marlborough House was built on Pall Mall in 1709-1711 by Sir Christopher Wren for the 1st Duke of Marlborough

North porch with part of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, 1815. Artist: H Hobson
North porch with part of the Henry VII Chapel, Westminster Abbey, London, 1815. The Henry VII Chapel was built in 1503 by Sir Reginald Bray

City of Westminster, 1647 (1893). View after W Hollar, 1647, showing Parliament House, Westminster Hall and Abbey from across the Thames

Coronation of King William IV and Queen Adelaide, Westminster Abbey, London, 1831

One of the sphinxes, Victoria Embankment, London, 1924-1926. The Victoria Embankment on the north side of the Thames was designed by Joseph Bazalgette

Gatehouse of St Jamess Palace, London, 1924-1926. Situated on the Mall just to the north of St Jamess Park, St Jamess Palace was commissioned by Henry VIII

Interior of Westminster Abbey, London, 1924-1926. Artist: WF Mansell
Interior of Westminster Abbey, London, 1924-1926. A print from Hutchinsons Britain Beautiful, edited by Walter Hutchinson, volume III, 1924-1926

Privy Garden Westminster, London, 18th century

The Victoria Tower, from Lambeth. View of the Houses of Parliament from the South Bank of the River Thames. Hand-coloured later

The Old Curiosity Shop, 13 Portsmouth Street, Kingsway, London, c1920. The Old Curiosity Shop in Portsmouth Street was made famous by Charles Dickenss novel of the same name

Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Sluice at the East End, late 18th century, (c1920). Artist: Tookey
Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Sluice at the East End, late 18th century, (c1920). Londoners skating on the frozen Serpentine

Marriage of Henry I of England and Matilda, 1100. Henry married Matilda, daughter of Malcolm III of Scotland in 1100. they were married at Westminster Abbey by Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury

The King in Parliament, c1515, (1902). Artist: Thomas Wriothesley
The King in Parliament, c1515, (1902). King Henry VIII surrounded by politicians. Illustration, after a drawing by Sir Thomas Wriothesley, Garter King at Arms

Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Moated House, late 18th century, (c1920). Artist: Tookey
Winter Amusement: A View in Hyde Park from the Moated House, late 18th century, (c1920). Londoners skating on the frozen Serpentine

The Westminster Election, 1780s, (c1920). Illustration from Story of the British Nation, Volume III, Walter Hutchinson, (London, c1920s)

Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, 1870. Big Ben is actually the bell inside St Stephens Tower but has come to signify the clock tower itself

Hugh Grosvenor (1825-1899), 1st Duke of Westminster, 19th century. Artist: DJ Pound
Hugh Grosvenor (1825-1899), 1st Duke of Westminster, 19th century

View of Whitehall from St Jamess Park, 17th-18th century, (1908). A print from The Private Palaces of London by E Beresford Chancellor, (Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co, London, 1908)

Leicester House, Leicester Fields, 18th century, (1908). The house, built in the 17th century, was at one time home to Frederick, Prince of Wales (1707-1751)

Statue of Charles I, Charing Cross, London, c1850. Taken from the book Old Englands Worthies. (London, c1850)

Morning (Four Times of the Day), 1738. Artist: William Hogarth
Morning (Four Times of the Day), 1738. Scene in Covent Garden, London, early on a winter morning. A small fire burns in the foreground. A stall-keeper is seated on a basket

Battle Of Tewkesbury, 1471, (c1850). The Battle of Tewkesbury in Gloucestershire was part of the Wars of the Roses, fought between the royal houses of York and Lancaster

The coronation banquet of George IV at Westminster Hall, London, 19 July 1821 (1900). George IV succeeded his father George III having previously ruled as Prince Regent

The proclamation of George IV as king, 31 January 1820 (1900). Heralds on horseback proclaiming the accession of the new king with trumpets

Scene from the play Sunny Vale Farm, performed at the Haymarket Theatre, London, 1864. An engraving from the Illustrated Times, (London, 1864)

The new Home and Colonial offices, Parliament Street, Westminster, London, 1875. A print from The Illustrated London News, (1 May 1875)

King Edward VIII as the patron of TOC H lighting lamps of remembrance, Westminster, 1936
King Edward VIII as the patron of TOC H lighting lamps of remembrance in the Church House, Westminster, 1936. The Toc H charity was originally set up to provide basic comforts to soldiers during

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