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Gallery.
Although it may have been King William's intention to have a miniature Versailles,
yet it will be evident to the student that Wren, in this design, had in mind the Louvre of
his early days in Paris, rather than the later work which he had probabiy never seen. It
wiil aiso be realized that by a process of revision the existing Paiace fronts have been
evoived from this hrst design. It was only by degrees that the main order was reduced
in scale and raised on a basement consisting of the ground story. The process ot
simpiihcation has eiiminated ali the decorative paneis between the windows, an idea
Gallery.
Although it may have been King William's intention to have a miniature Versailles,
yet it will be evident to the student that Wren, in this design, had in mind the Louvre of
his early days in Paris, rather than the later work which he had probabiy never seen. It
wiil aiso be realized that by a process of revision the existing Paiace fronts have been
evoived from this hrst design. It was only by degrees that the main order was reduced
in scale and raised on a basement consisting of the ground story. The process ot
simpiihcation has eiiminated ali the decorative paneis between the windows, an idea