2-699-237 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Arundel House (To the South)', c17th century, (1881). View of Arundel House between the Strand and the River Thames in London. In the Middle Ages Arundel House was the town house of the Bishops of Bath and Wells. During the dissolution of the monasteries it passed into private hands, and in the 17th century it housed the Royal Society. At this time it was the home of Henry Howard, later sixth Duke of Norfolk. It was demolished in 1678. From Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. Westminster and the Western Suburbs, by Edward Walford, Vol. III. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York, 1881]