# Salon Particulier de la Reine au Palais de Buckingham. (The Queen's Sitting Room at Buckingham Palace)

- By: James Roberts (British, active France, ca. 1800–1867)
- Date: August 1848
- Medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, gum Arabic, graphite on white wove watercolor paper Attached label: Brush and black ink, graphite, ruled lines over gold paint on cream paperboard
- Classification: Interior views
- Dimensions: Frame H x W x D (Old Frame): 55.9 x 63.5 x 3.2 cm (22 in. x 25 in. x 1 1/4 in.)
- Credit line: Thaw Collection
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/230049)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/306a8ebf5e26a26b086c2dbf10f415f6.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

An interior view of a salon, identified as Queen Victoria's private sitting room, shows a semicircular alcove at right and a fireplace at left. French windows, shaded by striped awnings, lead on to a balcony. A sense of intimacy is conveyed by the slipcovered furniture, most prominently an English form of a tete-a-tete, viewed from behind, and a draped piano at lower right. The facing wall and that on the left are hung with portrait paintings in elaborate gilt frames. A central six-armed chandelier is suspended from the ceiling, which is coffered in an intricate interlace design. Tables, divans and chairs are arranged on a carpet patterned in green and gold ovals on a blue field. Various examples of objets d'art are visible: a gilt birdcage surmounted by a circular fishbowl in the alcove at right, numerous glass-covered figurines and classical marble busts. Especially touching is the cluster of children's toys.