The history of the royal residences of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore
This is a royal residences survey by William Henry Pyne, published in London in 1819, documenting Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House and Frogmore for a British audience of collectors and architecture readers. Its pictures are hand-coloured aquatint interiors of palace rooms shown on their sides, with coffered ceilings, gilt-framed paintings hung in rows, and classical stone staircases. A designer might take from them the dense decorative schemes of Regency interiors, their painted ceilings and pattern-rich carpets.
