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Victoria Embankment, showing Somerset House, London, 1887.
Victoria Embankment, showing Somerset House, London, 1887. The Victoria Embankment is part of the Thames Embankment, designed by Sir Joseph Bazalgette in the 1860s to accommodate a modern sewer system as well as providing a thoroughfare along the river and relieving traffic congestion on Fleet Street and the Strand. First built for Lord Protector Somerset in 1547-1550, Somerset House was the first Renaissance palace in England. It was given to Anne of Denmark in 1603 and was known as Denmark House until 1645. It was substantially rebuilt to designs by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century, at which time the Thames flowed up to the palace's frontage. Somerset House was the home of many royal societies in the 18th and 19th centuries. From 1836-1973 it housed the offices of the General Register of Births, Deaths and Marriages.
Unique Identifier
AR983261
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Image
Purpose
Public
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4655px × 3776px
Photo Credit
HIP / Art Resource, NY
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19th century
Architecture
Avenue
B&W
B/W
Bazalgette
Black & White
Black and white
Britain
British
building
BUILDINGS
Cathedral
CHAMBERS
Christianity
City of Westminster
Civil engineering
country
England
English
Exterior
geographical feature
Geography
Joseph Bazalgette
Joseph William Bazalgette
LANE
LOCATION
London
Monochrome
NINETEENTH CENTURY
OUTSIDE
Photograph
Print Collector17
religion
Religious
River
River Thames
Riverbank
Road
Sir Joseph Bazalgette
Sir Joseph William
Sir William Chambers
somerset house
st pauls cathedral
St Paul's Cathedral
st. paul's cathedral
TGN
The Print Collector
Victoria Embankment
Victorian
WESTMINSTER
WILLIAM
William Chambers