Kent (William), After. Her Majestys Library in St James's Park, by Paul Fourdrinier, an elevation of an interior wall of the library, engraving, platemark 395 x 265 mm (15 1/2 x 10 1/2 in), good margins, under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, 1737; together with two further framed prints, including a very scarce impression of Elisha Kirkall's title page, for 'Academy Figures Drawn from the Life by L. Cheron and done in Chiaro Oscuro by E. Kirkall', and the portrait 'Jacobus Gibbs Architectus, 1747', after Willam Hogarth, framed, 18th century (3)
Provenance:
Collection of John and Eileen Harris
⁂ Queen Caroline commissioned William Kent to erect a library building at St James’s between the years 1736-7, and included bookcases on either side of fireplaces with panels and busts above.
Please Login or Register to request further information and images