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Title: West view of the King's House at Winton, 1762 [Go to resource]
Description: A primitive, 'flat' view of Winchester Palace, the lack of perspective by the artist concealing the courtyard-shape of the actual building. The palace was designed for King Charles II by Sir Christopher Wren. It was begun in 1683, but work ended on the death of the monarch in 1685. In the mid eighteenth century, the palace was used as a camp for French prisoners of war. At one time in the Seven Years War it held over 5000 prisoners. The print seems rather fanciful. Format: image/jpeg License: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 Subjects: Charles II
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King's House
King Charles II
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Christopher Wren
Winchester House
Winchester PalaceTemporal: start=1762-01-01; Source: Sense of place SE Identifier: http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... Language: en-GB Format: image/jpeg Go to resource More Like this...
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