2-699-302 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Whitehall, from the River', (1881). The Palace of Whitehall at Westminster, then a village outside London, was the main residence of the English monarchs from 1530 until 1698, when most of it was destroyed by fire. This view shows the River Thames in the foreground. 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]