Windsor castle . ince Rupert was Constable, and had begunto trim up the keep or high round tower, andhandsomely adorned his hall with furniture of arms,which was very singular, ... so disposing thebandoleers, holsters and drums, as to represent fes-toons, and that without any confusion, the hall we went into his bed-chamber, andample rooms hung with tapestry, curious and effemi-nate pictures so extremely different from the other,which presented nothing but war and horror. Theking was hunting the stag, walking in the Park, andplanting it with rows of trees. The Castle wasexceed
Windsor castle . ince Rupert was Constable, and had begunto trim up the keep or high round tower, andhandsomely adorned his hall with furniture of arms,which was very singular, ... so disposing thebandoleers, holsters and drums, as to represent fes-toons, and that without any confusion, the hall we went into his bed-chamber, andample rooms hung with tapestry, curious and effemi-nate pictures so extremely different from the other,which presented nothing but war and horror. Theking was hunting the stag, walking in the Park, andplanting it with rows of trees. The Castle wasexceedingly ragged and ruinous, and about to berepaired. Wren Italianised the facade, and theCastle was to some extent rebuilt and altogetherremodelled into something which later critics con-sidered monotonous and commonplace. The interiorwas decorated by the carvings of Gibbons andAntonio Verrios inert and luscious paintings ofJudith and Holofernes, Leda and the Swan, andthe like, which Evelyn, who saw the frescoes of. NELL GWYNS HOUSE AND HENRY VIM GATEW \V THE STORY OF THE CASTLE 45 St. Georges Hall in 1683, admired for their full andflowing, antique and heroical style. Gibbons alsomade the copper statue of the king on horseback,which was newly set up in July, 1680, on its pedestalof white marble, where it still stands. The outerditches of the Castle were filled in. Terraces wereformed on the south and east, and the north terracewas enlarged. The Devils Tower was given to theMaids of Honour. Charles meant to face the moundof the Round Tower with red brick, but was pre-vented. James II turned the Tomb House into a chapelfor the practice of his own religion, and its ceilingwas decorated by Verrio. At Windsor he receivedthe Papal Nuncio. On the kings downfall a re-volutionary crowd therefore attacked the Chapel,destroyed the windows, and left the interior in alterations planned by William III were notcarried out. Queen Annes work was in the her reign Swift was of
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