Dan Curtis and Laura Coyne with their own arrangements from the Great American Songbook at the Banqueting House
The main hall with the Rubens's ceiling, the only surviving in-situ painting by Rubens which was famously one of the last things Charles I saw before his execution in 1849. This is one of the first examples of the principles of Palladianism being applied to an English building, and marks the beginning of a revolution in British architecture
Stan in the Main Hall, Banqueting House. Originally the property of the Archbishops of York. The Banqueting House was used to provide entertainment for Charles I, and was later the scene of his execution
The vaulted undercroft of the Banqueting House was designed as a drinking den for James I and his friends. At one end there was a ‘grotto’ decorated with shells which has now disappeared
The canvases were painted by Sir Peter Paul Rubens and installed in the hall in 1636. There are mirrors you can look in to see the ceiling reflected in them.
Dan Curtis and Laura Coyne
Larger picture of the Rubens ceiling in the Main Hall, Banqueting House.
