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Kensington Palace: Queen Mary's Drawing Room (The Admirals' Gallery) 1817

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Date

1817

Artist

James Stephanoff (c. 1788-1874)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/922152

Description

A watercolour depicting a small room with wooden panelling, chimney breast and fireplace to the right, and windows on the opposite side. Large portraits hang on the walls. Another room is seen through the door at the far end of the room. The Queen's Apartment, in the north-east corner of the new palace of Kensington, was considerably enlarged for Queen Mary II in 1690 by the addition of a new staircase, a gallery and a series of smaller rooms. These adjoined the Queen's Drawing Room and Bedchamber, which had been added to the original Nottingham House the previous year. The neighbouring rooms in the King's Apartment, to the south and east, were reconfigured by William Kent in the reign of George I. George II and Queen Caroline used Kensington regularly but made few alterations to the fabric and after 1760 the palace fell into disuse. Stephanoff's view records a miscellaneous hang of pictures including a series of portraits of admirals after Kneller, copied from the originals then at Hampton Court Palace. Against the south wall stands a table attributed to Thomas Pelletier, probably made for Queen Anne c.1704. Catalogue entry from Royal Treasures, A Golden Jubilee Celebration, London 2002
Alternate title: The Admiral's Gallery, Kensington Palace.
Descriptive Medium: 'Watercolour over pencil'

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All Rights Reserved

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© Royal Collection Trust

Location

Kensington Palace, London, England

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Interiors
Palaces

Category

Buildings & Architecture

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