Watercolour. 21½ by 12 in.
The building, close to the Serpentine, is thus mentioned in Howard’s
“English Monsieur” (1674): “Nay, ’tis no London female; she’s a thing
that never saw a cheesecake, a tart, or a syllabub at the Lodge in
Hyde Park.” Swift writes to Stella that after his duel with Lord Mohun
the Duke of Hamilton was helped towards the “Cake-house,” but died
on the grass before he could reach it. Later it was sometimes called
the Mince-pie House. Demolished 1835-36. There is an engraving of it
in the “Gentleman’s Magazine” for May 1801.
Date 1797.
_Lent by H.M. the King._
48_a_ BUCKINGHAM HOUSE.
Wash drawing in Indian ink. 10¾ by 5¾ in.
Buckingham House in St. James’s Park was designed by Captain William
Winde, said to have been a pupil of Gerbier, and to have been born at
Bergen-op-Zoom, being finished for John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham,
in 1705. There is an account of it with elevation in Sir Reginald
Blomfield’s book on English renaissance architecture. It was bought
by George III, settled on Queen Charlotte, and here Dr. Johnson had
his famous interview with the King. The original building was altered
and added to from 1825 onwards until it quite disappeared, Buckingham
Palace covering the site.
Winde was of Norfolk family, well connected. See references to him
in “Notes and Queries,” and his pedigree by Mr. J. Challenor Smith
in Surrey Arch. Coll., vol. x.
By J. MAURER, 1746.
_Lent by H.M. the King._
48_b_ THE HORSE GUARDS PARADE.
Wash drawing in Indian ink. 10¾ by 5¾ in.
On spectator’s left is the Admiralty (on the site of Wallingford
House), surmounted by a semaphore telegraph. To the left of the
Banqueting House is the Guard House, not that designed by Kent and
finished by Vardy, but a previous building. Through the gateway
beneath, a long procession has issued, the royal carriage with eight
horses being in the foreground. Among other buildings shown are the
Holbein Gate-house and the Treasury.
By J. MAURER, about 1750.
_Lent by H.M. the King._