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Kensington Palace: The King's Great Drawing Room c.1816

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c.1816

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A watercolour of the Great Drawing Room at Kensington Palace, prepared for one of the plates in William Henry Pyne's 'History of the Royal Residences'. This was the second space William Kent decorated for George I. The combination of crimson wall-hangings and gilt-wood picture frames delivered to Kent's own designs soon became very fashionable. At its centre, Kent adorned the ceiling with a scene of the tragic liaison between Jupiter, king of the gods, and his mortal lover Semele.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour, over pencil', 'pen and ink, watercolour, bodycolour (colour), pencil'