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Title: The original Picture of London
Year: 1826 (1820s)
Authors: (Feltham, John) (from old catalog) Britton, John, 1771-1857
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Publisher: London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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me of thefinest works of Vandyke, Claude Lorraine, Parmegiano,Rembrandt, Annibal Caracci, Titian, Correggio, Rubens,and other celebrated masters, together with HogarthsMarriage-a4a-Mode. In March, 1824, the Earl of Liver-pool, on the part of his Majestys Government, purchasedfrom the executors of Mr. Angerstein, for the sum of57,000/., nearly the whole of this very valuable collec-tion, to form the foundation of a National Gallery ofArt; and a small but beautiful picture, by Correggio, hasrecently been added to it. The pictures at present areopen for inspection at the residence of the late proprie-tor ; but a handsome and appropriate gallery is intendedto be erected for their reception, and for other pic-tures, &c. PRIVATE COLLECTIONS AND EXHIBITIONS OF PAINTINGS,&C. The Royal Collections at Carlton Palace, Bucking-ham House, and Kensington Palace, have already beenmentioned, but under the present head it will be desirableto give some additional particulars of each assemblage.
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7^ \ V -fJiutuhri -land I/f >ns( PICTURES IN THE ROYAL PALACES. 519 Carlton Palace, in the splendour of its decorations,probably exceeds every other royal residence in Eu-rope. The pictures are all of the very- highest order,and distributed through the apartments with so much at-tention to propriety, that the general effect of the roomsis particularly impressive. The chief parts of the col-lection are of the Flemish and Italian schools, and theirexcellency is such, that almost every picture may be re-garded as the finest specimen of the great artist by whomit was executed. From the want of extent in this palace,his Majesty has been necessarily confined more to cabinetand small pieces, than to grand historical compositions;but those which his taste and munificence have selected,are perfect chefs-d^ceuvre of art. Among them, are pic-tures by Vandyke, Rembrandt, Rubens, Teniers, Cuyp,Bercham, P. Wouvermans, Ostade, Vandervelde, PaulPotter, Mieris, Gerard Douw, and Karel du Jardin. Nop

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