The white marble Altar of Westminster Abbey. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren and carved by Grinling GIbbons. Originally in Whitehall Palace, it was granted to the abbey by Queen Anne in 1706. Anna Regina Pia Felix. Copperplate drawn and engraved by James Peller Malcolm from his Anecdotes of the Manners and Customs of London during the 18th Century, Longman, Hurst, London, 1808. Malcolm (1767-1815) was an American-English topographer and engraver, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.

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