Old Horse Guards
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title:
Old Horse Guards
text:
Old Horse Guards is a 1749 landscape painting by the Italian artist Canaletto. It depicts the view from St James's Park of the Horse Guards building in London. Built during the reign of Charles II it served as the headquarters of the British Army. At the time he painted it the existing building was due to be pulled down and replaced by the larger building designed by William Kent that still stands today. The painting offers a wider view of Whitehall in the mid-eighteenth century. On the right of
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description:
1749 Painting by Canaletto
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Horse_Guards
date created:
2024-08-28T21:12:37Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T01:43:11Z
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