The Blue Velvet Room, Carlton House
Date
1816
Creator
Daniel Havell (1750, British) , Engraver
After
Charles Wild (1781, British) , Painter
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Dimensions
height (print): 307mm
width (print): 360mm
width (print): 360mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Interior of Carlton House, London showing the highly decorated Blue Velvet Room on the principal floor. A large chandelier hangs from the centre of the highly decorated ceiling. To the left (as viewed) are windows decorated with curtains. The room is furnished with some Sèvres Pot-Pouri Vases, Sevres garniture, paintings, a fireplace, Boulle cabinets, and two sofas. In the centre of the room is a desk and arm chair. The room contained important paintings such as The Shipbuilder and his Wife by Rembrandt van Rijn (1606-1669) Dutch artist, hung on the far wall and The Passage Boat by Aelbert Cuyp (1620-1691) Dutch artist, was paired with St Philip and the Eunuch by Jan Both (1618-1652) Dutch artist, adjacent to it.
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 D.Havell. The Blue Velvet 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 D.Havell. The Blue Velvet 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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