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Charles Wild (1781-1835)
Carlton House: The Crimson Drawing Room 1816
Watercolour with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic over etched outlines | 20.1 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper) | RCIN 922176
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A watercolour view of the Crimson Drawing Room at Carlton House. The watercolour shows an ornamental ceiling with neo-stucco work in gilt, crimson satin damask walls, curtains and furniture, huge chandeliers, a blue velvet carpet, mirrors between the windows on the left hand side and a black marble chimney piece.
Prepared for one of the plates in William Henry Pyne's 'History of the Royal Residences' (1816-1819). Engraved by Sutherland, the print published 1.10.1816. Pyne's 'History of the Royal Residences' was a three-volume publication which encompassed a number of royal residences, including Windsor Castle (vol. 1), Buckingham House (vol. 2), and Carlton House (vol. 3) presenting 100 hand-coloured engravings of exteriors and interiors accompanied by descriptive texts. The 100 watercolours which were engraved for the publication survive in the Royal Library; these watercolours are exactly the size of the image on the printed plates, and may perhaps have been intended as colour guides for the artists responsible for hand-painting the monochrome prints.
The two most important paintings visible here are hung as a pair on the left wall, either side of the door: Rubens’s landscape with St George (left, 405356) and Bol’s double portrait, then thought to be a Rembrandt (right, 406574). The three overdoors are Lawrence’s Lord Thurlow (left wall, 400712), Reynolds’s Lord Erskine (opposite wall, left, 400688) and Hoppners Dr Markham (opposite wall, right, 400563).Provenance
Probably acquired by George IV
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Creator(s)
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Medium and techniques
Watercolour with touches of bodycolour and gum arabic over etched outlines
Measurements
20.1 x 25.8 cm (sheet of paper)
Other number(s)
RL 22176Alternative title(s)
The Crimson Drawing Room, Carlton House.
