Inside Out Library

Catalogue raisonné : or, a list of the pictures in Blenheim Palace : with occasional remarks and illustrative notes (1861)

Scharf, George, Sir, 1820-1895 · London : Dorrell & son · leaf 74

An illustration from Catalogue raisonné : or, a list of the pictures in Blenheim Palace : with occasional remarks and illustrative notes, 1861, leaf 74
EL,—The destruction of Troy and the escape of iEneasand Anchises, A curiously finished picture, with muchprevalence of blue and of salmon-colour among the distantbuildings. Painted on one large sheet of copper. There aretraces of a signature with black letters in the foreground,but they have not… … The Arms of the first Duke and Duchess, painted in the doorway-recesses of the Saloon. THE SALOON, OR INNER HALL. The ceiling and decorations on the walls of this apartment areentirely painted by Laguerre. They are generally regarded as hismasterpiece. With the exception of the rich marble…

Marlborough, John Winston Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1822-1883 · Blenheim Palace (England) · Art, European · Art

Internet Archive · Getty Research Institute · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from Catalogue raisonné : or, a list of the pictures in Blenheim Palace : with occasional remarks and illustrative notes

More like this