Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Size:S: 40 x 30cm Nicolaus Copernicus

Nicolaus Copernicus

The proposed Greenwich and Gravesend railroad crossing Greenwich Park

South Prospect of St Paul's Cathedral

Fields at the back of Holloway Prison

Charles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset Size:S: 40 x 30cm Nicolaus CopernicusCharles Seymour, 6th Duke of Somerset, 1703 (1906). From the original painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. Charles Seymour befriended Princess Anne in 1692, and became a favourite of the Queen when she came to the throne in 1702, and was given the post of Master of the Horse. As a Privy Councillor he was instrumental in securing the Hanoverian succession when Anne was near death in 1714. A print from Queen Anne, by Herbert Paul, Goupil and Co, London,