Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Size:S: 40 x 30cm View showing the north side

View showing the north side of Knightrider Street (a portion formerly known as Old Fish Street)

South Prospect of St Paul's Cathedral

c1754-1802

illustrated by microscopical drawings

Original is oil 17

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Size:S: 40 x 30cm View showing the north sideCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 1703 (1906). From the original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Charles Seymour befriended Princess Anne in 1692, and became a favourite of the Queen when she came to the throne in 1702, and was given the post of Master of the Horse. As a Privy Councillor he was instrumental in securing the Hanoverian succession when Anne was near death in 1714. A print from Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, Goupil and Co, London,