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Kensington Palace: The Queen’s Gallery 1819

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1819

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This room is the largest in the apartments added for Mary II to the north of Kensington Palace in the years around 1690. In this watercolour the east-facing windows light the line of royal portraits along the west wall. Zoffany’s portraits of the King and Queen were recorded in the Queen’s Gallery c.1785-90. Thereafter a number of changes were made in the furnishing of the gallery, including the introduction of the organ cabinet, shown here at the far end. This appears to have resulted from a royal commission in the 1740s; it was altered for George III and Queen Charlotte, probably in 1763; the six tall cabinets between the windows would have been introduced to Kensington with the organ cabinet. Catalogue entry adapted from George III & Queen Charlotte: Patronage, Collecting and Court Taste, London, 2004
Alternate title: The Queen's Gallery, Kensington Palace.
Descriptive Medium: 'Watercolour over pencil'