Wall panels usually behind the Barry paintings, Christine Bond, Commercial Director

Aquatint by Pugin and Rowlandson, shows the Great Room from the completion of Barry's paintings until the alteration in 1815, published by Ackermann in 1809

Aquatint by Pugin and Rowlandson, shows the Great Room from the completion of Barry's paintings until the alteration in 1815, published by Ackermann in 1809

Great Room

First painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

First painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

First painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Third painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Fourth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Fourth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Fifth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Fifth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Sixth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783

Sixth painting in the series entitled 'The Progress of Human Knowledge and Culture' by James Barry, 1777-1783