Her Majesty’s Royal Palace at Kensington

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: Commonwealth Secretariat, Marlborough House

Sutton Nicholls, draughtsman and engraver, is best known for his panoramic views of the cities of London and Westminster, but also produced prospects of gentlemen’s seats, like this example. Almost all his works were made as commissions for publishers, the earliest of which were illustrations to Philip Ayres’s ‘Emblems of Love in Four Languages’. Nicholls specialised in topographical and architectural designs and his bird’s-eye views of London illustrated ‘Prospects of the Most Noted Buildings in and about London’ (published by John Bowles in 1724). He also produced ward maps to illustrate John Strype’s edition of John Stowe’s ‘Survey of London’, published in 1720.

Places

England, London

Subjects

horseback, topography, townscape/cityscape, tree, dog, horse, hill, man, coat of arms, putto, field, road, fence, formal garden, palace

Materials & Techniques

engraving, coloured engraving

Artist

Sutton Nicholls

Title

Her Majesty’s Royal Palace at Kensington

Date

published 1724-1728

Medium

Coloured engraving

Dimensions

height: 63.00 cm, width: 96.00 cm

Acquisition

Purchased 1948

Inscription

below image: [right, below lettering, in ink] 6 & 7; below platemark (right, in pencil] circa [?] 1690

GAC number

541