Design for a decorated square ceiling, Carrington House, Whitehall, London
Architect/Designer | Crace, John Gregory (1809-1889) |
Artist/Photographer | Crace, John Gregory (1809-1889) |
Country | UK: England |
City | London |
Subject Date | 1840 |
Image Date | 1840 |
View | Interior |
Style | Classical Revival |
Medium | Drawing |
Library Reference | PB316/11 |
Orientation | Portrait |
Colour Info | Colour |
Credit | RIBA Collections |
Subject | Ceilings ; Wall paintings ; Ornament ; Decorative borders ; Town houses |
NOTES: This pre 1863 ceiling for Carrington House includes depictions of Venus and her maidens, personifications of dawn, noon, evening and night, and figures representing the Arts. Lord Carrington purchased the house in 1810 and occupied it with his son the 2nd Baron until 1863.
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