Leicester House in an engraving of 1748
Leicester House was a large aristocratic townhouse in Westminster, London, to the north of where Leicester Square now is. Built by the Earl of Leicester and completed in 1635, it was later occupied by Elizabeth Stuart, a former Queen of Bohemia, and by the Hanoverian Princess of Wales.
From 1775 to 1788, the Leverian collection was on display in Leicester House. The house was sold and demolished in 1791.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leicester_House,_Westminster
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