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AltRefNoGardner Box 08 No 07
TitleNorth view of the City of Westminster (taken in Sep 1807) from the roof of the Banqueting House, Whitehall
DescriptionThis extensive birds eye prospect not only shews the relative connexion of the principal buildings with a view of Lambeth Palace, and the Thames but gives a full display of the improvements made about 1752 by the erection of Parliament Street as a more spacious avenue to the House of Lords and Commons than the former dirty route through Kings Street. Drawn, etched and published by John Thomas Smith.
Date1809
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CodePersonNameDates
NA242Smith; John Thomas (1766-1833)1766-1833
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PL657Parliament St/St Margaret, Westminster
PL533Thames (River)/St Margaret, Westminster
PL534Palace of Westminster, House of Lords/St Margaret, Westminster
PL532Westminster Abbey/St Margaret, Westminster
PL530Westminster Bridge/St Margaret, Westminster
PL535Palace of Westminster, House of Commons/St Margaret, Westminster
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