2-703-571 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'A Passing View of Somerset House From The Strand', c1935. Somerset House in London was built to the designs of Sir William Chambers, and was intended to house public offices: the Navy Board, the Royal Academy of Arts, the Royal Society, and the Society of Antiquaries. The foundations were laid in 1776, and completed by 1780. From "Wonderful London, Volume 1", edited by Arthur St John Adcock. [The Fleetway House, London, c1935]