The Lower Vestibule, Carlton House
Date
1819
Creator
Richard Gilson Reeve (1803, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 303mm
width (print): 367mm
width (print): 367mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior of Carlton House, London showing The Lower Vestibule on the basement floor. Through the centre of the room there is a double row of scagliola Corinthian style columns and pilasters eight in total, with decorative gilding to the capitals, bases and architraves. Through the columns there are pieces of furniture, vases, candelabra, pier tables and paintings. There is a decorative carpet and the ceiling is painted to resemble the sky.
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 ‘C.Wild del. R. Reeve sculp. The Lower Vestibule. Carlton House. Pub, April, 1819, by W. H. Pyne. 36 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.’
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 ‘C.Wild del. R. Reeve sculp. The Lower Vestibule. Carlton House. Pub, April, 1819, by W. H. Pyne. 36 Upper Charlotte Street, Fitzroy Square.’
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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