South-West View of the Old Horse Guards

by W. M. after Giovanni Antonio Canal Fellows, il

$175 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

A beautifully rendered view of the Horse Guards as seen from Whitehall, from Smith's Antiquities of Westminster. Constructed in 1745 to accommodate the old palace guards, the Horse Guards Parade was and remains today one of London's largest open public spaces. Visible at the end of the parade ground are the distinctive Horse Guard buildings, which were designed by William Kent and erected in 1755. The series from which this plate comes was originally begun with the

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