Sackville Street is a street in central London which today is mainly composed of offices and the rears of retail premises, but once was the home to several important medical figures.
Sackville Street, looking south towards Piccadilly
The southern end of Sackville Street where it connects with Piccadilly
Willem van de Velde the Elder
Willem van de Velde the Elder was a Dutch Golden Age seascape painter, who produced many precise drawings of ships and ink paintings of fleets, but later learned to use oil paints like his son.
Willem Gerard van de Velde the Elder (Gerard Sibelius, after Godfrey Kneller)
A memorial to Willem van de Velde the Older and the Younger in St James's Church, Piccadilly.
The Battle of Terheide (1657), commemorating the Battle of Scheveningen on 10 August 1653
The Battle of Scheveningen, 10 August 1653. Willem painted himself into the scene on a galliot, left foreground, he is the seated figure, drawing the action on his right