Credit: ©The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.13522

    The Golden Drawing Room, Carlton House

    Date
    1817
    Creator
    Thomas Sutherland (1785, British) , Engraver
    After
    Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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    Dimensions
    height (print): 310mm
    width (print): 358mm
    Subject
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    Description
    Interior of Carlton House, London showing The Golden Drawing on the basement floor. The irregular shaped room is decorated with columns, Sevres garniture, a fireplace, a mirror, paintings, a bookcase, an empire style sofa, and a round Boulle table. To the right there is a candelabra, an open doorway with some more furniture and chandeliers in the background.

    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. The Golden Drawing Room. Carlton House. Pub, June, 7, 1817, 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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