Collection Highlights: Brighton Pavilion: King George IV's Pleasure Palace
In 1815, England's King George IV hired the architect John Nash to expand the Royal Pavilion at Brighton into an exotic pleasure palace. Nash engaged the decorator Frederick Crace to design the Pavilion's exotic Chinese- and Indian-inspired interiors. Cooper Hewitt is home to many of Crace's fabulous designs for the seaside palace (which can still be visited today), as well as sketches by Nash and letters documenting the project.
- Drawing, Design for a Chinese Pavilion
- brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-85
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Proposed Design for the West Wall of the Music Room, Royal Pavilion,...
- brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-14
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Wall Decoration, Blue (South) Drawing Room
- brush and watercolor over graphite on white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-62
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- Drawing, Design for Ceiling Decoration, Probably for Conservatory/Music Room...
- brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-70
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Chimney-piece, West Wall of Music Room
- brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-74
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for Blue and Silver Wall Decoration for the Royal Pavilion,...
- brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-64
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for Drapery, Possibly for Library
- brush and watercolor on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-77
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Fabric, Probably for a Floor Covering, 1815–22
- brush and watercolor, graphite on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-90
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Design for a Chinese Pavilion, 1815–22
- brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-87
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Designs for Pavilions
- brush and watercolor, pen and ink on paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-92
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Window Decoration, with Panel of Arabesques and Star, Probably for...
- brush and watercolor, pen and black ink on white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-93
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Canopy, 1815–22
- brush and watercolor, graphite on off-white coarse laid paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-94
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Trellis-work Design, 1815–22
- brush and watercolor, graphite on white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-95
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, The Fishing Temple, Virginia Water, ca. 1825
- pen and brown ink on white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-96-b
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Boat House, Virginia Water; Verso: Scullery, Virginia Water
- pen and black and brown ink, brush and gray wash on off-white wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-97
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, One end of an Octagonal Room in Gothic style
- graphite, pen and black ink, gray and rust-colored wash on wove paper..
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-153
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
- Drawing, Oval Saloon
- pen and black ink, violet, red, and blue wash on wove paper.
- Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. John Innes Kane.
- 1948-40-154
- This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
- There are 2 images of this object.
