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The scenes shown on this seat cover were based on William Kent's illustrations for John Gay's 'Fables', published in 1727. On the left the illustration to 'The Painter Who Pleased Nobody and Everybody' shows a Palladian interior with a pedimented chimney-piece, like the one in the Henrietta Street drawing room shown nearby. The right hand scene illustrates the fable of 'The Jugglers'. [27/03/2003]