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CHARLES WILD (1781-1835)

Kensington Palace: The King's Great Drawing Room

c.1816

RCIN 922157

Wild’s watercolour shows the Great Drawing Room at Kensington Palace, the second space William Kent decorated for George I. The combination of crimson wall-hangings and gilt-wood picture frames delivered to Kent’s own designs soon became very fashionable. At its centre, Kent adorned the ceiling with a scene of the tragic liaison between Jupiter, king of the gods, and his mortal lover Semele. Probably acquired by George IV Cat. 31

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