2-696-613 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Somerset House, London, 1894. Designed by Sir William Chambers and begun in 1776, Somerset House originally housed public offices, including the Navy Board and the three principal learned societies. It was later converted to house three art collections: the Gilbert Collection, the Hermitage Rooms and Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes. [The Werner Company of Chicago, 1894]