A Swedish Country House Tour

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18th-century collectors would sometimes paste an eclectic display of their prints right on the walls of so-called "print rooms," setting them within paper frames glued to the walls. A few of these rooms still survive intact in British country houses, and a Swedish version is shown here.

Pictured at left and right: A "print room" in a Swedish historic house displays views of European sites, surrounded by hand-painted borders painted directly on the wall -- and even the door (lower left).

(right) Two prints from our web site, from a series of early 19th-century aquatints of the British coastline by William Daniell.

(bottom right) Two from a set of twelve early 18th-century prints from our web site, each representing a month of the year.
Creenstone Glencoe

Contents Next -> Above and at right: For today's collector, a group of genre prints or views of Europe captures the spirit of the antique "print room" and are decorative and historically interesting framed and hung as a collection. View some available items in our Genre & Satire Prints and European Cities & Countries sections. Months of Set Dehne Months of Year set