| Pictorial Ceilings In England (3482 words) |
 | Verrio's efforts in the King's Guard Room was less of a jumble, more appropriate and truly decorative, for he filled compartments with figures of Peace and Plenty, Mars and Minerva, and again Mars with war symbols. |
| However, Verrio recognising that the Stuart cause was hopeless, grudgingly accepted the commands of William and his Consort, resuming his labours at Hampton Court, where he associated Laguerre in most of his work. |
| It is at Hampton Court that we are con-fronted with one of his most glaring abuses of the mock-heroic, for the Grand Staircase presents a brain bemusing medley of mythology, allegory and history. |
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