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St James's Palace: The Queen's Library c.1819

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c.1819

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A watercolour of Queen Caroline's library at St James's Palace, prepared for one of the plates in William Henry Pyne's 'History of the Royal Residences' (1816-1819). A woman of great erudition, Queen Caroline owned a considerable collection of books, for which William Kent built a library in 1737. This was the most significant architectural addition made to St James's Palace during the reigns of the early Hanoverians. On the wall-brackets were terracotta busts of medieval and Renaissance monarchs, two of which are on display in this exhibition
Descriptive Medium: 'Pen and ink with watercolour and bodycolour', 'pen and ink, watercolour, bodycolour (colour)'