Sunday, September 7, 2014

Documented Interiors

Cartoon Gallery
Hampton Court
1818

Watercolors in the Royal Collection plentifully document the ever-shifting arrangements of palace interiors during the early nineteenth century. The famous Raphael cartoons (now in the Victoria and Albert Museum) were arranged in Jane Austen days for the inspection of sufficiently genteel visitors in a special gallery at Hampton Court, as above.

  King's Writing Closet
Hampton Court
1819

 Queen's State Bedchamber
Hampton Court
1816

King's Gallery
Kensington Palace
1816

Queen's Closet
Kensington Palace
1816

Blue Velvet Closet
Carlton House
1818

Staircase
Carlton House
1818

Red Satin Drawing Room
Carlton House
1818

Prince of Wales's  Tester Bed
Windsor Castle
1775-85

King's State Bechamber
Windsor Castle
1855

Queen's Guard Chamber
Windsor Castle
1815

Queen's Presence Chamber
Windsor Castle
1815

Queen's State Bedchamber
Windsor Castle
1815

Queen Victoria's Christmas Tree
Windsor Castle
1845