AltRefNo | Gardner Box 08 No 07 |
Title | North view of the City of Westminster (taken in Sep 1807) from the roof of the Banqueting House, Whitehall |
Description | This 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. |
Date | 1809 |
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Access Status | Open |
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Persons
Code | PersonName | Dates |
NA242 | Smith; John Thomas (1766-1833) | 1766-1833 |
Places
Code | Set |
PL657 | Parliament St/St Margaret, Westminster |
PL533 | Thames (River)/St Margaret, Westminster |
PL534 | Palace of Westminster, House of Lords/St Margaret, Westminster |
PL532 | Westminster Abbey/St Margaret, Westminster |
PL530 | Westminster Bridge/St Margaret, Westminster |
PL535 | Palace of Westminster, House of Commons/St Margaret, Westminster |