The very scarce print, of which this plate is an copy, was etched by Sylvester about the year ; and forms of a series of views, chiefly of places abroad, published by the same artist, about that period.[*] 

The principal objects represented are, the Banquetting House, the Gate in , and part of the Treasury. Adjoining the gate is a range of building extending from the latter to the wall of the Privy Garden, and which, as well as the gate itself, has been many years removed to make way for modern improvements.

The site of , at the time the above view was taken, was occupied by a long stone wall, which formed the boundary of a small garden appertaining to the Palace.

The Banquetting House, built by Inigo Jones, and universally admired for its classical elegance, and a mutilated fragment of the Treasury, still exist.

[*] The Publisher of the present work bid, at a late sale, as high as three guineas and a half for this print. He afterwards met with a person who had the folio book in which it is contained, and was fortunate enough to buy it for two guineas.