2-634-852 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Waterside Elevation of Inigo Jones' Proposed Palace', c1897. The Palace of Whitehall (or Palace of White Hall) was the main residence of the English monarchs in London from 1530 until 1698 when most of its structures, except for Inigo Jones's 1622 Banqueting House, were destroyed by fire. At the time of its destruction it was the largest palace in Europe. From Westminster, by Walter Besant. [Chatto & Windus, London, 1897]