Somerset House, Strand, London: the courtyard seen from the Strand entrance on the north side

SOURCE: R. Ackermann. The Microcosm of London (London, 1835), vol. III, pl. 72 NOTES: The new building by Sir William Chambers housed the Navy Board, the Royal Academy and Royal Society, and a huge variety of 'publick offices', ranging from The Surveyor General to Births, Marriages, and Deaths.