2-Antique Prints-CUSTOM HOUSE-BANGUETING-WHITEHALL-Melville-Shephard-1816-1842

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‘THE NEW CUSTOM HOUSE’ ‘BANGUETING HOUSE, WHITEHALL.’

– These prints show a view on two famous houses in London, The new custom house and the Bangueting house, Whitehall. The Custom House, on the north bank of the Thames in the City of London, is a building which was formerly used for the collection of customs duties. A custom house has been present in the area since the 14th century, and a building on its current site has been rebuilt on a number of occasions. The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining. It is the only large surviving component of the Palace of Whitehall, the residence of English monarchs from 1530 to 1698. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first structure to be completed in the classical style of Palladian architecture which was to transform English architecture.

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These prints show a view on two famous houses in London, The new custom house and the Bangueting house, Whitehall. The Custom House, on the north bank of the Thames in the City of London, is a building which was formerly used for the collection of customs duties. A custom house has been present in the area since the 14th century, and a building on its current site has been rebuilt on a number of occasions. The Banqueting House, on Whitehall in the City of Westminster, central London, is the grandest and best-known survivor of the architectural genre of banqueting houses, constructed for elaborate entertaining. It is the only large surviving component of the Palace of Whitehall, the residence of English monarchs from 1530 to 1698. The building is important in the history of English architecture as the first structure to be completed in the classical style of Palladian architecture which was to transform English architecture.

Made by H. Melville after T.H. Shephard.

Medium: Steel engraving on wove paper.

Sheet size: 26.2 x 20 cm (10.31 x 7.87 inch). Image size: 17.6 x 13 cm. (6.93 x 5.12 inch).

Condition: good, given age. Brownish spots. Smudges. Creases on one print. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

ENGLAND-LONDON-BUILDING-ARCHITECTURE-CUSTOM HOUSE-BANGUETING HOUSE-WHITEHALL | RBOS-A9-23

BACKGROUND INFORMATION

This attractive print of the custom house was published by J. Ackermann in 1816. The Bangueting house print was distributed of her Majesty’s Maundy in 1842.

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Dimensions 20 × 26 × 1 cm

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