These three watercolours come from a group of more than a 100 executed for W. H. Pyne's History of the Royal Residences, 1819. They show how Dutch art was displayed at this date. Of the twenty eight paintings in the exhibition two were hanging at Kensington Palace, one at Windsor Castle and twenty five were at Carlton House, George IV's fashionable London town house.

Two of the interiors displayed here depict Carlton House and represent some of its most elegant spaces – lavishly-furnished yet domestic and informal. The third interior belongs to the King’s State Apartments at Windsor Castle, created by Charles II in the most imposing style, but neglected by George III and at this date enjoyed only by the visiting public.