S we go through the door of “The Nursery” into this ante-room, we pass from the portion of the Palace built by Kent, to the original block erected by Wren, this ante-room being a part of what was formerly one of William III.’s state rooms.
Through this lobby it was that the Queen passed to the adjoining staircase when she went downstairs to receive the news of her accession.
The dimensions of this room are: 19 feet 3 inches long, 10 feet 2 inches wide, and 16 feet high.
Prints illustrative of the Life and Reign of the Queen.
THE wall space here will be devoted to further prints illustrative of the Queen’s Life and Reign.
To future ages, if not indeed already to the present one, this plain, modestly-decorated chamber must have an interest far transcending that of the more gorgeous Georgian saloons, which we have just traversed. For, it was for many years the bedroom of our own Queen, when as a little girl of tender age she lived in quiet simplicity at Kensington Palace with her mother, the Duchess of Kent.