Streets of London – Whitehall, London circa 1811

Whitehall Yard, London circa 1811
from The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics

“Perhaps no part of the British metropolis has within these few years received greater improvements than they environs of Whitehall; and though they are principally conspicuous at the southern extremity of this former seat of royalty, yet its immediate vicinity to the northward has not been neglected. It is this that is exhibited in the annexed view of Whitehall-Yard, taken from the street opposite to the Horse-Guards, in the center of which the magnificent cupola of St. Paul’s appears between the trees to very great advantage. To the left of the cathedral is seen the residence of the late Earl of Fife, at present occupied by the Earl of Liverpool […]. The latter is separated from the house of Mr. Pilkington by a narrow passage leading into Scotland-yard.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1811.

Whitehall and Horse Guards, London circa 1811
from The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics

“The House Guards, the front of which to Whitehall is represented in our engraving, received its name from being the station where that part of his majesty’s troops usually do duty. It is a strong building, a hewn stone, consisting of a center and two wings. In the former is an arched passage, leading to the parade in St. James’s Park, and over it, in the middle, rises a cupola. In a part of this building is the War-Office, where all business relative to the military department of the British department is conducted. Contiguous to the Horse Guards is a house formerly inhabited by the Duke of York, but which his Royal Highness exchanged for Albany House with Lord Melbourne, the present proprietor.” The Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions and politics, 1811.