It depicts the view from St James's Park of the Horse Guards building in London.

[1] Built during the reign of Charles II it served as the headquarters of the British Army.

While he usually painted by commission, he produced this work speculatively - possibly as he hoped a wealthy resident of Downing Street would purchase it.

[3] It is now in the collection of Tate Britain, on a long-term loan from the Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation.

[4] It hangs in the Pimlico gallery a short distance away from the artist's New Horse Guards, painted a few years later and showing the replacement building under construction.