Caption:
View of Westminster Hall, London. Arched entrance porch to the Gothic style hall, part of the ancient Palace of Westminster, built in 1097. Now part of the Houses of Parliament. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Carl Bertuch's Bilderbuch fur Kinder (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1813. A 12-volume encyclopedia for children illustrated with almost 1,200 engraved plates on natural history, science, costume, mythology, etc., published from 1790-1830.