Oil paint on canvas
Tate Britain
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Works with images
Works on display
General Collection
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London Old Horse Guards St Jamess Park
Lent by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation 2000
adults
architecture
barracks
England
garden structures
group
groups
Horse Guards Parade
lake
landscape
leisure and pastimes
man
military
military
park
people
places
recreational activities
sky
soldier
St James’s Park
townscape, distant
townscapes / man-made features
tree
UK countries and regions
UK London
walking
water: inland
woman
work and occupations
<p>Horse Guards, the building with the clocktower in the centre, was the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the army, and housed the horse guards and some foot guards. It was replaced in the 1750s with the white stone building that stands today. Canaletto’s paintings were in demand from rich patrons. However, this work was produced speculatively, possibly in the hope of selling it to a wealthy resident of Downing Street (seen on the right). Canaletto invited prospective buyers to view the painting at his Soho lodgings.</p><p><em>Gallery label, November 2016</em></p>
painting oil paint canvas
12 October 2007 – 31 October 2010
2010-10-31
12 October 2007 – 31 October 2010
2010-10-31
2007-10-12
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2007-10-12
Hogarth and London
Collection based display
31 January 2012 – 12 August 2012
2012-08-12
31 January 2012 – 12 August 2012
2012-08-12
2012-01-31
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-01-31
Migrations
Exhibition
16 November 2012 – 24 July 2022
2022-07-24
16 November 2012
2012-11-16
Tate Britain (London, UK)
http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/
2012-11-16
Gallery 16
Collection based display
14 March 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
14 March 2015 – 7 June 2015
2015-06-07
2015-03-14
Compton Verney (Compton Verney, UK)
27 June 2015 – 4 October 2015
2015-10-04
2015-06-27
Holburne Museum of Art (Bath, UK)
http://www.bath.ac.uk/Holburne/
22 October 2015 – 13 February 2016
2016-02-13
2015-10-22
Abbot Hall Art Gallery (Kendal, UK)
http://www.abbothall.org.uk
2015-03-14
Canaletto: Celebrating Britain
Loan-out
17 June 2016 – 15 July 2016
2016-07-15
17 June 2016 – 15 July 2016
2016-07-15
2016-06-17
Christie’s (London, UK)
http://www.christies.com
2016-06-17
Christie's 250th Anniversary
Loan-out
London: The Old Horse Guards from St James’s Park
support: 1172 × 2361 mm
frame: 1402 × 2595 × 78 mm
Lent by The Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation 2000
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<p>Horse Guards, the building with the clocktower in the centre, was the headquarters of the Commander-in-Chief of the army. It housed horse guards and foot guards. It was replaced in the 1750s with the white stone building that stands today. Canaletto arrived in London in 1746. A successful artist, he would usually paint to commission. However, this work was produced speculatively, possibly in the hope of selling it to a wealthy resident of Downing Street (seen on the right). Canaletto invited prospective buyers to view the painting at his Soho lodgings.</p>
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adults architecture barracks England garden structures group groups Horse Guards Parade lake landscape leisure and pastimes man military military park people places recreational activities sky soldier St James’s Park townscape, distant townscapes / man-made features tree UK countries and regions UK London walking water: inland woman work and occupations