Grand residence, especially a royal or episcopal residence

A residence of the dowager Chinese empress. Coloured engraving, 17--.

Blenheim Palace / Union-Castle.

Egypt: a building designated as the palace of Alexander the Great. Coloured engraving, 17--.

Buen Retiro palace, Madrid. Coloured etching, 17--.

The Lichtenstein Palace and gardens, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: with the Spanish Hospital and Notre Dame de la Mercy Church in the background. Coloured line engraving.

Palais de L'Industrie, Paris. Etching.

India: Dilkdosha Palace. Photograph by F. Beato, c. 1858.

The Queens' House, Greenwich, from the south, with the Royal Naval Hospital and London in the distance. Engraving.

Ghāzīpur, Uttar Pradesh: a ruined palace on the river Ganges. Coloured etching by William Hodges, 1785.

Baolee at Ramnagur, Benares, India: the public bath in the Ramnagur Palace. Coloured aquatint, 1813.

The Queens' House, Greenwich, from the south, with one of the domes of the Royal Naval Hospital in the background. Wood engraving.

In front of a grand palace, Moses draws water from a rock. Etching by J. Le Pautre.

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

1 print : aquatint ; platemark 19.1 x 25.3 cm

Ethiopia: the house of Ras Uelletta Selasse at Antalow. Aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.

1 print : line engraving, with watercolour

1 print : engraving ; image 16.8 x 34.8 cm

The Queens' House, Greenwich: the southern elevation, with a scale of feet. Engraving by H. Hulsenbergh after C. Campbell, 1715.

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Palaces

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Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

Ethiopia: the house of Ras Uelletta Selasse at Antalow. Aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.

The Lichtenstein Palace and gardens, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: with the Spanish Hospital and Notre Dame de la Mercy Church in the background. Coloured line engraving.

The Queens' House, Greenwich, from the south, with the Royal Naval Hospital and London in the distance. Engraving.

The Queens' House, Greenwich: the southern elevation, with a scale of feet. Engraving by H. Hulsenbergh after C. Campbell, 1715.

Palaces

Images from the collections

Images referencing Palaces

Works from the collections

Jardin Royal, Paris: showing figures strolling in the garden. Line engraving by J.B. Scotin the younger.

Ethiopia: the house of Ras Uelletta Selasse at Antalow. Aquatint by P. Fumagalli, ca. 1819, after H. Salt.

The Lichtenstein Palace and gardens, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany: with the Spanish Hospital and Notre Dame de la Mercy Church in the background. Coloured line engraving.

The Queens' House, Greenwich, from the south, with the Royal Naval Hospital and London in the distance. Engraving.

The Queens' House, Greenwich: the southern elevation, with a scale of feet. Engraving by H. Hulsenbergh after C. Campbell, 1715.

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