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John Thomas (1813-62)
Windsor Castle: design for the Queen’s Audience Room 1861
Pen and ink, with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil | 70.5 x 60.5 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 919808
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This resonantly dynastic scheme was created under Prince Albert’s close supervision. It included Gainsborough’s portraits of George III’s family, more than 200 enamel miniatures of the Queen’s forebears, and Minton porcelain panels decorated with insignia, coats-of-arms and copies of celebrated paintings by Raphael.
Text adapted from Victoria & Albert: Art & Love, London, 2010Provenance
Painted for Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Pen and ink, with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil
Measurements
70.5 x 60.5 cm (sheet of paper)
Object type(s)
Other number(s)
RL 19808
