Van Dun Almshouses, Caxton Street, London Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Cottage erected in St James's

Cottage erected in St James's Park for the Ornithological Society of London

Designed by Sir Horace Jones

plate III of A Rake's Progress

View of visitors arriving at the east end of the pavilion on Holborn Viaduct

an alderman's wife reclines on a sofa whilst her lover adds cuckold's horns to her husband's portrait

Van Dun Almshouses, Caxton Street, London Size:XL: 120 x 80cm Cottage erected in St James'sVan Dun Almshouses, Caxton Street, London, 1852. A bust of the founder, Cornelius van Dun, over the door. Born in the Netherlands, van Dun was a Yeoman of the Guard to Henry VIII, Edward VI, Mary I and Elizabeth I. He founded the almshouses for 20 poor women.