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 Formerly an open court, Sir Jeffrey Wyatville cleverly utilised it in his restoration of the castle to link the State and Private Apartments and to celebrate the Battle of Waterloo. The room was primarily designed to provide a fit setting for the portraits commissioned by George IV from Sir Thomas Lawrence who was ordered to paint all the principal personages involved in the defeat of Napoleon. They include portraits of Wellington himself, Prince Metternich, Pope Pius VII, the Prime Minister Lord Liverpool, Field Marshal von Blucher, Foreign Secretary Lord Castlereagh and George IV. The enormous carpet (which is actually the largest single piece of woven material in the world) is a relic of the Indian Empire and was made for Queen Victoria.
Photo: Mark Fiennes Copyright The Royal Collection © HM Queen Elizabeth II
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