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Four artists make work in response to the history of Somerset House.

Alice Kettle - A series inspired by the history of Somerset House and the Queens who resided there when it was a palace, from the mid 16th Century to the beginning of the 18th Century. The Queens included Elizabeth I (reign 1558 – 1603) daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, who establishment the English Protestant church and is sometimes referred to as the Virgin Queen. Anne of Denmark (1574-1619) wife of James I who oversaw the terracing of the gardens and introduction of the orangery. Henrietta Maria of France …