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Cézanne became interested in depicting labourers playing cards in the autumn of 1890. During the 1890s he completed five paintings of this subject. Here, the composition is refined down to...
Designed by William Chambers (1723-1796), probably made by Sefferin Alken (active 1744-1783)
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
In this particular painting, Young Woman Powdering Herself, the modulation of light and shadow on the wall is achieved with the use of small dots of pure colour juxtaposed in...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
The Forest of Radnor, a plateau in mid-Wales used as a royal hunting ground in the medieval period, looms against clouds. The view may well have been taken from the...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
On a hill overlooking a river, a hunter takes aim at two rabbits as his dog looks on and another hunter appears to stalk him with a spear. The subject...
This table is a rare domestic commission by the architect William Chambers. It was made for Gower House in London, the year before he began work on Somerset House. The...
