'Prince Rupert's House, in the Barbican', (c1872). House in Beech Lane, City of London, the home of the German Prince Rupert of the Rhine, Duke of Cumberland (1619-1682), a Cavalier cavalry commander during the English Civil War. He was also a scientist, sportsman, colonial governor and amateur artist. From Old and New London, Vol. II: A Narrative of Its History, Its People, and Its Places, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell, Petter, Galpin & Co., London, Paris & New York]