2-651-802 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'The Cake House', c1870. A Lodge in Hyde Park, which in Queen Anne's time was more generally called the Cake House, or Mince-pie House; and, according to the fashion where the beaux and belles used to go to refresh themselves. the Royal Parks of London are lands originally owned by the monarchy of the United Kingdom for the recreation (mostly hunting) of the royal family. From The Story of the London Parks by Jacob Larwood. [Chatto and Windus, London, c1870]