The Alcove, Golden Drawing Room, Carlton House
Date
1817
Creator
William James Bennett (1787, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 304mm
width (print): 369mm
width (print): 369mm
Subject
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Description
Interior of Carlton House, London showing The Alcove in The Golden Drawing Room on the basement floor. The Alcove is decorated with double columns, a large mirror on the wall, reflecting the other side of The Alcove, and empire style sofa, a small bookcase, a round Boulle table, and a Sevres garniture. A small part of the larger room can be seen to the left of the alcove (as viewed).
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. W.J. Bennet sc. The Alcove, Golden Drawing Room, Carlton House. Pub, June, 1, 1817, by W. H. Pyne. 9 Nassau St, 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 ‘C.Wild del. W.J. Bennet sc. The Alcove, Golden Drawing Room, Carlton House. Pub, June, 1, 1817, by W. H. Pyne. 9 Nassau St, 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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