The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . fe of Alexander the Great, were, it seems, purchasedby General, afterwards Lord Cadogan, in Flanders or Hol-land, probably when he was ambassador to the Hague, for avery small sum, and set up here by order of George may have been worked at the Gobelin manufactory,where many sets were executed from Le Bruns cartoons,under his personal supervision, during his tenure of thedirectorship ; or perhaps they were the products of thelooms at Brussels : in any case, the workmen were Bruns own paintings from the same designs, which w
The history of Hampton Court Palace in Tudor times . fe of Alexander the Great, were, it seems, purchasedby General, afterwards Lord Cadogan, in Flanders or Hol-land, probably when he was ambassador to the Hague, for avery small sum, and set up here by order of George may have been worked at the Gobelin manufactory,where many sets were executed from Le Bruns cartoons,under his personal supervision, during his tenure of thedirectorship ; or perhaps they were the products of thelooms at Brussels : in any case, the workmen were Bruns own paintings from the same designs, which werevery finely engraved by Gerard Audran, are well known. On the 28th of October, 1716, the Court left HamptonCourt, the ladies going by water in a barge with the Princeand Princess. The day was wonderfully fine, and nothingin the world could be pleasanter than the passage, norgive one a better idea of the riches and happiness of thiskingdom. ^ Lady Cowpers Diary ^ p. 126. Whole Island of Great Britain^vQ>\.See also Defoes Tour through the p. CHAPTER XV. GEORGE I. THEATRICALS IN THE GREAT HALL. King George and the Prince of Wales at Hampton Court together—Over-powering Dulness of the Court—Popes Visit to Hampton Court—He describesthe Life of a Maid of Honour—Quarrel between the King and his Son— CetteDiablesse la Princesse—Secret Interview between her and her BedchamberWoman at the Pavilions—The Prince and Princess retire from Court—A Theatrein the Great Hall—The Royal Company of Actors—The Plays acted—The De-meanour of the Audience—Shakespeares Henry VIII.—King George chuckleswith Satisfaction at appropriate Passages—Gibbers Account of the Arrangements—Fees and Gratuities to the Actors—Dismissal of Sir Christopher Wren—His House on the Green at Hampton Court—William Benson, the new Sur-veyor-General—Charges of Jobbery against the Clerk of the Works at HamptonCourt—Wrens dignified Protest—Bensons Incompetence—His Expulsion from
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