Buckingham Palace, London mb-artistname John Bacon Bust of George Saunders

Bust of George Saunders

A child falls to its death from the arms of its drunk mother who sits with ulcerated legs

View of buildings

It was enlarged in the 1670s when it became a focal point of Restoration court life and intrigue

with women of fashion wearing enormous hoop skirts with pulley operated lifting devices

Buckingham Palace, London mb-artistname John Bacon Bust of George SaundersBuckingham Palace, London, 1839. View showing Queen Victoria returning from the House of Lords in the right hand middle distance, the front of Buckingham Palace, and the Marble Arch in its original position. In the foreground a range of fashionably dressed men, women and children can be seen.