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The Admiralty in 1830. The black masts above the roof in the centre
are telegraph towers.
Jane enjoyed finding her characters in works of art and this, which Deirdre le Faye identi-
fies as the charming Portrait of a Lady by J. F.-M. Huet-Villiers, made her think of Lizzie
Bennett's sister Jane in Pride and Prejudice .
Spring Gardens turns sharp right and then enters Cockspur Street. Farrance's confection-
er's shop was situated on this corner. It served pastries and ices and was very popular with
ladies.
Turn left into Cockspur Street. Priscilla Wakefield tells us that the shops here were, 'of
unparalleled elegance, particularly those of cut-glass and jewellery.' A short distance along
is Warwick House Street, the drab remains of Warwick Street, which once terminated at the
gates of Warwick House.
Warwick House, 'The residence of a princess to whose hand the sceptre
of the British empire will in all probability be at some future period
transmitted', according to the text accompanying the print in Acker-
mann's Repository in 1812. The unfortunate Princess Charlotte died in
childbirth in 1817.
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