View of the north front of Somerset House in the Strand, Westminster, London Product:Greetings card The child holds a hoop

The child holds a hoop and one of the women shades herself with a parasol

as well as horse drawn carriages passing around the square

but his accomplices

John Thomas Thorp

View of the north front of Somerset House in the Strand, Westminster, London Product:Greetings card The child holds a hoopView of the north front of Somerset House in the Strand, Westminster, London, 1798. Designed by Sir William Chambers in the late 18th century, Somerset House originally housed public offices, including the Navy Board and the three principal learned societies. It was later converted to house three art collections: the Gilbert Collection, the Hermitage Rooms and Courtauld Institute of Art Gallery.