Richmond House is a government building in Whitehall, City of Westminster, London. Its name comes from an historic townhouse of the Duke of Richmond that once stood on the site.
Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London, completed in 1987 as the headquarters of the Department of Health. Entrance on Whitehall
1807 engraving of the "House of the Earls of Loudoun and Mar". Viewed from the roof of the Banqueting Hall, looking southward down Whitehall. In the background, rising above, is Westminster Hall
Richmond Terrace, built in 1822 on the site of Richmond House, destroyed by fire in 1791, with same orientation. Viewed from Whitehall, which leads at right southward to the Palace of Westminster. The Government building completed in 1987 known as "Richmond House" or "79 Whitehall" is immediately behind Richmond Terrace, with an entrance from Whitehall, formerly the entrance to Richmond House Mews
Giovanni Antonio Canal, il Canaletto London Whitehall and the Privy Garden from Richmond House WGA03943
Giovanni Antonio Canal, commonly known as Canaletto, was an Italian painter from the Republic of Venice, considered an important member of the 18th-century Venetian school.
Richmond House
…1694–1753), the pioneer of Palladian architecture in England. After 1738 he demolished the first house to improve his view. In 1747 he commissioned Canaletto to paint a pair of views from Richmond House, today in the collection of his descendant the 11th Duke of Richmond at Goodwood House. The 2nd Duke also…
Canaletto's birthplace, Calle de la Malvasia, Castello, Venice
The Stonemason's Yard, painted c. 1725
View of the Entrance to the Venetian Arsenal, 1732