Exotic domes and minarets only hint at the splendours inside
Pavilion, Music Room.
published 1838RCIN 708000.ai
John Samuel Agar (active 1770)
Master: Illustrations of Her Majesty's Palace at Brighton; formerly the Pavilion: executed by the Command of King George the Fourth, under the Superintendence of John Nash, Esq. , architect : to which is prefixed, A History of the Palace, by Edward Wedlake Brayley, Esq. , F. S. A. Item: Pavilion, Music Room published 1838
This hand coloured print depicts a view of John Nash’s Music Room at the Royal Pavilion. Nash claimed to have controlled the acoustics in the room with a ‘new theory of sound’. The acoustics were vitally important as it was here that George IV’s band would have entertained his guests with selections from Handel or Italian opera.
Rossini visited the Pavilion on 20 December1823 and is possibly depicted in this image, directing members of the royal band in selections from his operas.
Watch the film below to see a time-lapse of one of the pagodas in the Music Room constructed.