Excerpt from Illustrations of the Public Buildings of London, Vol. 2: With Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Each Edifice Charles I., -it is true, manifested a love of Archi tecture and art; and had-his reign been continued tranquil, it is likely that London would.have nbeen adorned with a splendid palace: but that monarch, though inclined and competent to appreciaterand encourage art, was too heedless-of, and: indolent in, the art of government, to secure his own juflu ence, or preserve the peace of his kingdom. Jones was his architect, and Vandyke. His painter; names to reflect honour on any age and on any patron. George the Third was fond of architecture and the arts, and would have duly patronised and honoured all, had 'he reigned in peaceable times, and met? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.