An interior view of the main hall in the Banqueting House showing assorted military and naval artefacts including weapons, uniforms and a replica ship, with part of the Reubens' ceiling painting also visible

Date:
1885
Location:
Banqueting House, Whitehall, City of Westminster, Greater London Authority
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Royal United Services Institute Museum, Whitehall, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, Sw1
Reference:
OWS01/10/082
Type:
Photograph (Print)
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Description

The Banqueting House was built c1619-25 by Inigo Jones and was refaced in the 19th century by Sir John Soane. In 1893 Queen Victoria granted it to the Royal United Services Institute and it was used as a museum until 1962. The ceiling in the main hall is the last surviving example of an in-situ ceiling painting by Peter Paul Reubens and was installed in the hall in 1636. It depicts The Union of the Crowns, The Apotheosis of James I and the Peaceful Reign of James I.

The back of the photographic mount for this image indicates that this print is one of five in a series showing the Reubens' ceiling.

Content

This is part of the Series: OWS01/10 Office Of Works London Historic Prints; within the Collection: OWS01 Office Of Works And Successors: Ancient Monuments And Historic Buildings

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

Keywords

Victorian Museum, Jacobean Banqueting House