Banqueting House, Whitehall, London: section and plan

SOURCE: Colen Campbell. Vitruvius Britannicus (London, 1715), vol. I, pl. 12 NOTES: This palace is the only remaining component of the Palace of Whitehall. It was built for James I specifically to provide an appropriate setting for a new and elaborate type of court entertainment, the masque. See RIBA68721 for the drawing from which the engraving was made.