2-714-833 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Queen Caroline's Drawing-Room, Kensington Palace', c1876. Kensington Palace, residence of the British Royal Family since 17th century. Originally a Jacobean mansion bought by William and Mary who instructed Sir Christopher Wren to expand it in 1689. From "Old and New London: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places. The Western and Northern Studies", by Edward Walford. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]