Gothic Dining Room, Carlton House
Date
1817
Creator
Thomas Sutherland (1785, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 303mm
width (print): 367mm
width (print): 367mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior of Carlton House, London showing the Gothic Dining Room on the basement floor. The room is decorated in a gothic design. The walls are decorated with panelling displaying coats of arms, finial vaults and carving that continues onto the ceiling where eight angled, pierced and crocketed ceiling brackets suspend chandeliers. To the right are large curtained windows. In the centre of room there is a long dining table and chairs.
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 T. Sutherland. Gothic Dining Room. Carlton House. Pub, Aug, 1817, by W. H. Pyne. No. 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 T. Sutherland. Gothic Dining Room. Carlton House. Pub, Aug, 1817, by W. H. Pyne. No. 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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