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This is a painting of an ornate interior with richly decorated walls and a fireplace. The painting depicts a lavish room with highly detailed wooden paneling, intricate carvings, and a large, intricately adorned fireplace. The room is furnished with several high-backed, red velvet chairs and a table covered with a green cloth. In the background, there are large stained glass windows, embellished with crests and vibrant colors, allowing light to permeate the room. A patterned red carpet covers the floor.
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This is a painting of an ornate interior with richly decorated walls and a fireplace. The painting depicts a lavish room with highly detailed wooden paneling, intricate carvings, and a large, intricately adorned fireplace. The room is furnished with several high-backed, red velvet chairs and a table covered with a green cloth. In the background, there are large stained glass windows, embellished with crests and vibrant colors, allowing light to permeate the room. A patterned red carpet covers the floor.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Bay Window, Lyme Hall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash

Date
1849
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper mounted to board
Dimensions
sheet: 29.4 × 42.1 cm (11 9/16 × 16 9/16 in.) mount: 45.8 × 56 cm (18 1/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.2435
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E
Original NGA record

Portfolio and series

Series
The Mansions of England in the Olden Time: Fourth Series
Provenance

Mrs. Benjamin Ogle [1799 - 1881], Washington, D.C.; bequest to Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; acquired by National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2015.

Inscription

by later hand, lower right mount in graphite: Lyme Hall, Cheshire / Bay Window, Lyme Hall, Cheshire [partially erased and illegible]

NGA object ID 173671. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.