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… improving the grounds, laying them out ‘with a long straight canal down the centre, and then opened the park to the public, so that he might see and be seen by his subjects ‘ . 2 When Whitehall was accidentally destroyed by fire in 1698, … especially foreign ones, were impressed by the park’s beauty and size, and commented on its popularity as a sociable public space. One visitor remarked that it was the place ‘where Court and the Beau Monde meet ‘, 5 and another that on Sunday afternoons, about ‘one thousand souls’ could be seen in this public promenade (La Combe 85-86). 2 . Ann Saunders, The Art and Architecture of London: An Illustrated Guide (London: …
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