PAINTED CEILING OF THE KING'S DRAWING ROOM 99 WILLIAM KENT, THE ROYAL AND FASHIONABLE DECORATOR 100 _Plate_--KING'S DRAWING ROOM 101 KENT THE FATHER OF MODERN GARDENING 103 WEST'S PICTURES IN THE KING'S DRAWING ROOM 104 KING'S PRIVY CHAMBER 108 PORTRAITS OF GEORGE III.'S TIME 108 THE NURSERY 113 Pictures and Prints illustrative of the Queen's Life and Reign 113 ANTE-ROOM 114 PRINTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE LIFE AND REIGN OF THE QUEEN 114 QUEEN VICTORIA'S BEDROOM 115 PRINTS OF THE LIFE AND REIGN OF THE QUEEN 116 MEMENTOES AND RELICS OF THE QUEEN'S CHILDHOOD COLLECTED IN "QUEEN VICTORIA'S BEDROOM" 116 KING'S GALLERY 117 DECORATIVE CARVINGS IN THE "KING'S GALLERY" 117 CHIMNEY-PIECE, MAP AND DIAL 118 _Plate_--THE KING'S GALLERY 119 PAINTING OF THE CEILING AND WAINSCOT OF THE KING'S GALLERY 121 NAVAL PICTURES IN THE KING'S GALLERY 122 KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE 129 KENT'S ALTERATIONS IN THE KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE 130 _Plate_--THE KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE 131 PAINTED WALLS OF THE KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE 133 PAINTED CEILING OF THE KING'S GRAND STAIRCASE 135 PRESENCE CHAMBER 137 PAINTED CEILING OF THE PRESENCE CHAMBER 138 CEREMONIAL PICTURES OF QUEEN VICTORIA'S REIGN 139 [Illustration: Decoration] [Illustration: Decoration] =Preface.=