drawing
- Museum number
- G,4.78
- Description
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A view of Whitehall Palace, as it would have appeared if completed; seen from the gardens of Somerset House, looking up the river towards Westminster; Westminster Bridge on the left, with the abbey behind, and the palace to the right; in foreground the wall at the end of the garden next to the river; a few figures leaning against wall, or strolling in gardens; the figures sketched in watercolour and graphite only, without the pen and ink detail of the palace behind; a few boat on the river in the same manner as the figures.
Graphite, pen and ink, with watercolour, from three sheets joined
- Production date
- 1750-1800
- Dimensions
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Height: 329 millimetres
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Width: 892 millimetres (overall)
- Curator's comments
- For a note on Crowle's extra-illustrated Pennant see G,1.1
There are a few small pencil sketches of the architectural details of the palace on the verso of the central sheet.
- Location
- Not on display
- Condition
- Badly damaged and folded,should be removed, conserved and mounted.
- Acquisition date
- 1811
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- G,4.78