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Great by Jacques Fouquel (1700) and some old tapestry, we enter the Red
Saloon, embellished with allegorical ceiling-paintings by Fouquet with
reference to the youth of Charles XII., several busts in marble, and a
valuable silver candelabrum of the time of Charles X. — Farther on we
come to the Grand Gallery, 52 yds. long and 7*/2 yds. wide, richly
decorated with stucco, marble, and gilding. The handsome doors, carved in
oak by Henrion in 1696-99, were designed by Fouquet. Ceiling-paintings
also by Fouquet, those in the side-cabinets being illustrative of war and
peace. This apartment and the following contain a number of sculptures
in marble by Fogelberg, Byström, Molin, and others. — The Great
Banqueting Saloon, known as Hvita Hafvet (‘the white sea’), a name derived
from its white stuccoed walls, 45 yds. long and 38 yds. wide, was formed
in 1845 of two rooms originally separate. The ceiling-paintings are by
Italian painters of the first half of the 18th century.
The First Floor of the same wing (on the right of the visitor
ascending the staircase) contains the Privy Council Rooms, the Seraphim Saloon (for
the knights of the Seraphim Order, the highest in Sweden, which is said
to have been founded in 1276-90, and was reconstituted in 1748 and 1814),
and the Riks-Sal or Imperial Hall, where the ceremony of opening the
Representative Chambers takes place. — On the left (of those ascending the
staircase) are the King’s Apartments, adjoined by the Queen’s Apartments.
The E. wing also contains the rooms of the Crown Prince and Princess
(entered from the court). These apartments contain numerous portraits of
members of the royal family, sculptures by Swedish masters, pictures by
Scandinavian artists, magnificent gifts presented by foreign sovereigns,
and other objects of value; but a visit to them wili hardly repay a
traveller whose time is limited. — The S. wing contains the Palace Chapel
(service on Sundays at 11 o’clock).
In the N.E. wing (entr. from the Lejonbacke) are the royal
Lifrust-kajimaren, or Klädkammaren, with articles of dress and other memorials
of Gustavus Adolphus, Charles XII., Gustavus III., and other Swedish
kings (open Tues. 12-3 and Sun. 1-3, in summer also Frid. 12-3; on Tues.
50 Ö., other days free). Catalogue from the door-keeper, 50 6.
The S.E. facade of the Palace, embellished with a colonnade,
looks towards the Slottsbacke, or Palace Hill (Pl. E, 4), a
handsome Plats descending to the Skeppsbro. The Slottbacke is
adorned with an Obelisk100 ft. in height, erected in 1799 by
Gusta-vns IV. in memory of the loyalty of the citizens of Stockholm
during the war against Russia in 1788-90, while the attitude of the
nobility was hostile to their sovereign (p. lxviii). At the foot of the
Slottsbacke, on the Skeppsbro, rises the finely executed
*Monu-ment of Gustavus III. (Pl. E, 4), by J. T. Sergei, a Swedish
sculptor, erected in 1808 by public subscription in honour of that
chivalric monarch. The rudder on which the statue of the King
leans is an allusion to his naval victories. This point commands
a fine view’ of the harbour and the Skeppsholm.
The Governor s House (Öfverståthållare-Huset; PI. 30; E, 5),
on the S.E. side of the Slottsbacke, which possesses a handsome
though small court, was erected by the distinguished architect
Nicod. Tessin (p. 324), to whom it originally belonged.
At the S. W. end of the Slottsbacke rises the Storkyrka (Great
Church; PI. 27; E, 5) or Church of St. Nicholas, which, according
to the inscription, was founded by Birger Jarl in 1264, and
entirely rebuilt in 1736-43. The unpleasing tower is 184 ft. in
height. In the interior, which consists of a nave with double
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