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Rutland Gate


Knightsbridge. (SW7) Derives its name from the Dukes of Rutland, whose mansion stood on this site. Here is the house where John Sheepshanks formed his collection of 226 pictures by modern British artists which he bequeathed to the National Gallery. (Reference: Timbs's Curiosities of London, p. 491)

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