The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . oming with him, who were to be lodged in thatpalace, where all foreign ambassadors were for the futureto have their audience.^ They were accordingly pushedon with all possible expedition, andTalman, in a letter dated Sept. 7-12,to someone about the Kings per-son, whose name does not appearin the document,^ writes thus :— The 5 Roomes are almost finished,the great Stone Staires is done, andthe Iron-work putt-up, the Gallery forthe Cartoons of Raphell is soe forward,that I shall fix up the pictures in a—^^^^^^mimmmmmmm^^-^ Week, the Kings grea
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . oming with him, who were to be lodged in thatpalace, where all foreign ambassadors were for the futureto have their audience.^ They were accordingly pushedon with all possible expedition, andTalman, in a letter dated Sept. 7-12,to someone about the Kings per-son, whose name does not appearin the document,^ writes thus :— The 5 Roomes are almost finished,the great Stone Staires is done, andthe Iron-work putt-up, the Gallery forthe Cartoons of Raphell is soe forward,that I shall fix up the pictures in a—^^^^^^mimmmmmmm^^-^ Week, the Kings great Bedchamber and%r^^^jL^X^^=/ two closetts are in hand that his Ma**^ ^taipca^ ^\\\ J made use of my time, ^^^ for it proves a greater work than I expected, and I hope it will be to hisMa*^ satisfacon. As to the Great Staircase, we have already noticed thepainting of its walls and ceiling by Verrio. The ironworkof the baluster, which is very fine, was doubtless designedby Tijou. ^ Luttrell. ^ British Museum Additional MSS.^ No. io,ioi, fol. 1699] l^he Gallery for the Cartoons of Raphael, 85 The Gallery for the Cartoons of Raphael, which thereader may remember was, according to the proposal ofWren, to be fitted with wainscot on the window side,and below the pictures, and between them to preservethem from the walls, is also known as the KingsGallery. It is one of the finest of the new State Rooms,being 117 feet long, 24 feet broad, and 28 feet high, and itextends along the whole of one side of the Fountain Court,and has twelve windows. Its appearance, with the cartoonshanging on its walls, is well shown in the engraving insertedfurther on, in Chapter XII. As a gallery, however, for the displaying of the cartoons,it was not altogether a success. The position assigned tothem, above the oak wainscot, was so high, that the loweredge of the pictures was but a few inches below the top ofthe windows ; and the upper circular windows, which mighteasily have been pierced, and whic
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