The New Tudor Room at Hampton Court.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 22 August 1890, Page 2

The New Tudor Room at Hampton Court.

The New Tudor R>oni at Hampton Court, or rather a very old room which modern Goths and Vandals 'tad fitted up with present-day furaishins:-*, had just been cleared out and added to tbfinteres i"g series of apartments open to the inspection of tb* public. The room in question, which i« approached from tlie Man* te?na Gallery, or " Gal'er^ of Communication." and wlreh is known as " Wolsey's Private Cliapel,'' or " Oratory," has for many yean past been pnc to the ignoble purposes of a hutler's pantry. The interior is extremely interesting fr mi an archseo* logical mint of view, the wall-< being parmllod in oak to the height of ■even feet, of the drapery p-itte'n whioh characteriises the wain cottoil rooms all over the Tudor portion of the palace. A series of oak-panel nictnres in oil. illustrating scenes from the life of our Lord— the Last Rnnrw, the Betrayal, the procession to Calvary, and the Resurrection — extend round three sides of the room above th« wainecotting The ceiling is c'ometricfil in design, with Tir'or emblems, among them the roqe and the Princn of W;ile*'s Fpathers, with the motto " Ich Dien" w^rlfd into the ornament ; md tbfi Cardinal's motto, " Dominns mihi A.ljutn\" runs round he friez\ Fi'-^ra t ll^ presence n f the Prince of Wa'es's Feather-! it is proba'>'e that the room was fl«signeo in the tirn° of the Younsr Prince, who was born At the pa'ace m 1537, and who •ifWwaHs hecrae Edward VI. The pictures have been lately restored, mi'W the sup«vint -ndeive of Sir J H. Jl >bin«son, TTor M\j«sty's •urveyo»of pictures. The exterior is equally uiterestinfr ns a portion of the p'cturesqne Tndor architecture which prior to Sir Christopher Wren' s alteratiens, was 'ha all-p-evailinp *tv\* through -nit the Palace. — Graphic.