AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
Somerset House and its history. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)
The first Somerset House in London was begun by Edward Seymour; the first earl of Hertford and duke of Somerset, after he was made lord protector over Edward VI in 1547 and decided to demonstrate his new power by building a palace that rivaled Whitehall. He acquired property on the Strand, on the north bank of the Thames, midway between Westminster, the seat of royal and ecclesiastical power, and the City of London, the seat of commercial and financial power. There he demolished a number of tenement buildings and churches to make room for his new palace.
After Seymour's execution for treason in 1552 his estates were forfeited to the crown, and Somerset House became a royal residence, occupied in turn by Princess Elizabeth (later Elizabeth I), Queens Anne of Denmark, Catherine of Braganza, and Henrietta Maria. The last-named ...
- Somerset House Ice Rink brings romance to London for another Christmas season.
- Press release article from: PR Newswire December 5, 2002 700+ words
...Then, in 2000, Somerset House opened to the public...throughout the summer, the Somerset House courtyard was transformed...very best place in London to bask in the sunshine...beginners. This year, the Somerset House Ice Rink season opens...
- Out and about.(Treasures of Catherine the Great exhibition at Somerset House,...
- Magazine article from: Geographical Tucker, Alison July 1, 2001 700+ words
...Hermitage Rooms, at one of London's best-kept secrets, Somerset House So long at the centre...and deaths, magnificent Somerset House now provides a unique...the Hermitage Rooms at London's Somerset House recreate in miniature...
- NEWS.(Mercure London City Bankside opens; English Institute of Sport; Somerset...
- Magazine article from: Leisure Week June 1, 2000 700+ words
...opened Tate Modern and the British Airways London Eye. Accor has more than 40 UK sites. Cram...class training environments for athletes. Somerset House opens London's Somerset House opened to the public for the first time in 300...
- Museum accessions.(George II dinner service on view at London's Somerset...
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques Gustafson, Eleanor H. June 1, 2002 700+ words
...to Britain. Some 80 examples will be on view at Somerset House in London until the end of this year. Acquired by the Rothschild...Fittingly, the service will be displayed first at Somerset House, designed by George III's favorite architect...
- SUZY; WINDSOR CASTLE TO SOMERSET HOUSE, LONDON WAS SWINGING -- AND SUZY WAS...
- Magazine article from: WWD Mehle, Aileen July 9, 2003 700+ words
...have you been? I've been to London to visit the Queen. Pussycat...This one has also been to London, not to visit the Queen...Orangery at Kensington Palace and Somerset House and Prince Charles and Camilla...grand parties like no other in London and the surrounding countryside...
- Spooning with drawings: William Spooner bought English watercolours and...
- Magazine article from: Apollo Belsey, Hugh February 1, 2006 700+ words
...1787). There are several views of London: for example the city from Greenwich...The Alexander Cozens, the Dayes of Somerset House, the Constable pencil drawing of the...Spooner Collection', Hermitage Rooms, Somerset House (+44 [0] 020 7845 4600), 17 November...
- An exhibition of extraordinary jewellery by Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR) can be...
- Magazine article from: Spectator December 28, 2002 700+ words
...extraordinary jewelrry by Joel Arthur Rosenthal (JAR) can be seen in four galleries of the Gilbert Collection at Somerset House in London. American by birth, Rosenthal has lived and worked in Paris for a quarter of a century. With a handful of...
- Air, Turin Brakes, Basement Jaxx, Beverley Knight and Snow Patrol are all set...
- Magazine article from: Music Week June 19, 2004 700+ words
...Basement Jaxx, Beverley Knight and Show Patrol are all set to headline this year's Grolsch Summer Set at London's Somerset House, which will take place from August 4 to 8. The Grolsch Summer set has also added Canon's Marsh Amphitheatre...
- Branding brief: Somerset House given fresh identity.(contract with Research...
- Magazine article from: Marketing May 9, 2007 700+ words
Somerset House has been given a fresh identity, which will run across its buildings, literature and website. The new look has been created by Neville Brody's Research Studios
- CAUGHT LIVE - El Presidente, Somerset House, London.
- News wire article from: Europe Intelligence Wire August 4, 2005 700+ words
...ever and sounding tight, sexy and down-right dirty, their tunes bellowed cheekily around the pretty setting of the posh Somerset House surroundings like a naughty schoolboy gone wild on a day trip. Frontman Dante's vocal range scaled the highest pitch...
Source: HighBeam Research, Somerset House and its history. (Report from Europe).(Brief Article)