The Queen's library, St James Palace, 1816
The Queen's library, St James Palace, 1816. William Kent built the library for Queen Caroline in 1737. Bookshelves of leather-bound books, terracotta busts of medieval and Renaissance monarchs. Copperplate engraving by Richard Reeve after a drawing by Charles Wild from William Henry Pyne's The History of the Royal Residences, London, 1816-1819
Picture No
14013486
Media ID
45822531
Size
6265px x 5133px
(10.2MB)
Credit
©Florilegius/Mary Evans
Source
Charles Wild
