Description

Shakespeare’s Four Inns of Court, banner in the series For pity is the virtue of the law, presents a view of legal London while bringing together the formation of the Globe Theatre and the history of Somerset House. It depicts the Inner Temple, Middle Temple, Grey’s Inn and Lincoln’s Inn, while also presenting famous events and figures related to these institutions. These include people associated with the Inns, such as Sir Thomas More and Sir Walter Raleigh to Inigo Jones and William Chambers, two of Somerset House’s most well know architects.