Wash drawing in Indian ink. 8½ by 6 in.
Designed by Sir William Chambers, and sold in 1771 by the first
Lord Holland to the first Viscount Melbourne, who exchanged it with
Frederick, Duke of York and _Albany_ for Melbourne (latterly called
Dover) House, Whitehall. It was afterwards converted into chambers,
the garden behind being built over with additional sets of rooms.
Frederick Nash, who drew this, was son of a builder in Lambeth, and
studied under Malton the younger, being also employed as a draughtsman
by Sir R. Smirke. He began exhibiting at the Academy in 1800, became
a member of the Old Watercolour Society, and architectural draughtsman
to the Society of Antiquaries.
By F. NASH (1782-1856).
_Lent by H.M. the King._