Crimson drawing room, Carlton House
Date
1816
Creator
Thomas Sutherland (1785, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 248mm
width (print): 314mm
width (print): 314mm
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Description
Interior of Carlton House, London showing the Crimson Drawing Room on its principal floor. It features a highly decorated ceiling from which hang three large chandeliers. To the right as viewed are curtained windows. There are large freestanding candelabra on each side of the room with a fireplace facing, the room is richly decorated and furnished throughout in French style, with chairs, paintings, vases and sculptures.
Plate from The history of the Royal residences of Windsor Castle, St James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House and Frogmore, by W.H. Pyne, 3 volumes (London, L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1816-1819).
Inscribed below ‘Drawn by C.Wild. Engraved by Sutherland. Crimson Drawing Room. CARLTON HOUSE. Pub, Oct. 1 1816, by W.H. Pyne. 9 Nassau Street, Soho.’
Carlton House was the London residence of George, the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. The architect Henry Holland (1745-1806) rebuilt the house in the years 1783-1796 and the interiors were altered almost constantly. The building was demolished in 1826.
William Henry Pyne [pseud. Ephraim Hardcastle] (1770–1843), artist and writer, was a founder of the Royal Watercolour Society.
Plate from The history of the Royal residences of Windsor Castle, St James’s Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House and Frogmore, by W.H. Pyne, 3 volumes (London, L. Harrison for A. Dry, 1816-1819).
Inscribed below ‘Drawn by C.Wild. Engraved by Sutherland. Crimson Drawing Room. CARLTON HOUSE. Pub, Oct. 1 1816, by W.H. Pyne. 9 Nassau Street, Soho.’
Carlton House was the London residence of George, the Prince of Wales, later King George IV. The architect Henry Holland (1745-1806) rebuilt the house in the years 1783-1796 and the interiors were altered almost constantly. The building was demolished in 1826.
William Henry Pyne [pseud. Ephraim Hardcastle] (1770–1843), artist and writer, was a founder of the Royal Watercolour Society.
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