This is a painting of a banqueting room. The scene features a hall with a vaulted ceiling, wooden beams with carvings, heraldic decorations, mounted antlers, stained glass windows, a large table with benches, shields, a suit of armor, and a grand chair against a painted wall. The style resembles Victorian artist James Stephanoff's historical depictions of grand mansion halls.
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This is a painting of a banqueting room. The scene features a hall with a vaulted ceiling, wooden beams with carvings, heraldic decorations, mounted antlers, stained glass windows, a large table with benches, shields, a suit of armor, and a grand chair against a painted wall. The style resembles Victorian artist James Stephanoff's historical depictions of grand mansion halls.

National Gallery of Art · Print

Banqueting Room, Bramhall, Cheshire

Joseph Nash

Date
1849
Medium
hand-colored lithograph on wove paper mounted to board
Classification
Print
Accession number
2015.19.2417
Credit line
Corcoran Collection (Mrs. Benjamin Ogle Tayloe, 1879)
Time span
1826 to 1850
Department
CG-E

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.

NGA object ID 180652. 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.