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Exterior - the North Front of Carlton House. circa 1819

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circa 1819

Description

Portico of Corinthian columns in front of the main house, with frieze and ornamental carving. Now part of the side porticoes at the National Gallery. The portico was a porte-cochiere, so carriages could drive through to the door.
Published in Pyne's Royal Residences, 1819, vol. 3, part 2 'Carlton House', plate facing page 12. 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.
Descriptive Medium: 'Pencil and watercolour, with a pen and ink and grey wash border'