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BENNETT, William James (1787-1844) after Charles WILD (1781-1835)
The King's Dressing Room, Windsor Castle
London: Published by W. H. Pyne, 1816. Hand-coloured aquatint. Very good condition apart from a few light foxing marks and a small loss in the top left corner of the sheet. Plate mark: 10 1/8 x 12 1/2 inches. Sheet size: 10 5/8 x 13 inches.
A beautifully coloured print from "The History of the Royal Residences...," William Henry Pyne's comprehensive collection of plates depicting the interiors of Windsor Castle, St. James's Palace, Carlton House, Kensington Palace, Hampton Court, Buckingham House, and Frogmore.
Windsor Castle was built in 1075 during the reign of William the Conqueror. As pictured in this charming image, the King's Dressing Room was primarily adorned with paintings by celebrated artists such as Holbein, Rembrandt, and da Vinci. The ceiling mural depicts Jupiter and Danae, and the clock standing in the room's far right corner was designed by the royal clockmaker Vulliamy.
Comprised of three volumes, Pyne's publication was an ambitious project involving several prominent engravers and draughtsman of the day including Sutherland, W. J. Bennett, R. Reeve, D. Havell and R. Cattermole. It constitutes an invaluable early nineteenth-century pictorial record of the magnificent interiors and furnishings of these palatial residences before they were significantly changed or, in the case of Carlton House, completely razed.
The watercolour painter and aquatint engraver William James Bennett was born in England and received his training at the Royal Academy. He emigrated to the United States in 1826, and is best known for his views of American cities, including the Hudson Valley Region, Niagara Falls, and numerous port cities such as New York, Charleston, and Buffalo.
Cf. Abbey, Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in Aquatint and Lithography, 1770-1860 396; cf. British Coloured Books, 78; cf. Martin-Hardie, p. 91; cf. Prideaux, p. 348; cf. Tooley 389; cf. Benezit, Dictionnaire des Peintres, Sculpteurs, et Graveurs, vol. 2, p. 108.
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