Design for the east elevation of the Library (the Green Drawing Room), Windsor Castle

On the east front of the Castle the king planned three main reception rooms, all with large bay windows overlooking the new East Terrace gardens. The rooms were the Large Drawing Room, the Small Drawing Room, and the Library – known today as the Crimson, White and Green Drawing Rooms respectively. This watercolour shows the Library, or Green Drawing Room. Despite its name, it was always treated as a small reception room, except when used for Privy Council Meetings. In many ways it was the most spectacular and architecturally distinguished of the new reception rooms.