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Observing places that affect imagination, memory and perception.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.comBlogger207125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-20114495388039073412015-08-04T12:16:00.001-07:002015-08-04T12:16:55.850-07:00 The Illumination of Houghton HallAs the centerpiece of the exhibition, 'Lightscape: James Turrell at Houghton', the 7th Marquess of Cholomndeley commissioned the celebrated American light sculptor to create a site specific piece; 'The Illumination'. Every Friday and Saturday evening this summer, at dusk, the west front of Houghton Hall is bathed in a colour display that slowly evolves over an hour to highlight components of the Palladian masterpiece. Visitors are provided with deckchairs and blankets. Sharing a bottle of prosecco, there is no better way to spend an evening in England this summer. Dreams are made of this.<div>
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Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-48572093535257417882015-07-24T11:25:00.001-07:002015-07-24T11:33:06.850-07:00Stag Gallery, Fontainebleu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The spectacular Stag Gallery (<i>Galerie des Cerfs</i>) at Fontainebleu was created for Henri IV.<br />
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It was decorated on three walls by Louis Poisson around 1600, with oblique views of the royal forests and residences.<br />
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The Gallery was named after the antlers from stags hunted in the surrounding forests, some of the finest hunting in France, that are mounted on 20 identical stags heads made of plaster.<br />
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It was in the Stag Gallery at Fontainebleu that Queen Christina of Sweden had her grand equerry, rumoured to have been her lover, Monaldeschi assassinated on 10 November, 1657 and so it is said in her presence.<br />
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In the 18th century the Gallery was divided up to provide accommodation for Louis XV and Louis XVI's children. In 1860 Napoleon III had the partitions removed and that led to the discovery of the original decoration which was then restored to its appearance today.<br />
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Although Art Noveau is not this blogger's favourite style an exception has to be made for 'Fouquet' The jewelers at 6 Rue Royale is by far the most exciting reconstruction of a shop in the Musee Carnavalet. It had been was designed by Alphonse Mucha in 1901; he had already designed jewellery for Georges Fouquet.</div>
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The shop was itself conceived as a jewellery case. The design elevates the decorative at the expense of the practical, creating an Art Nouveau masterpiece.</div>
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<br />Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-91939033052731417212015-07-04T11:00:00.000-07:002015-07-04T11:11:02.323-07:00Great Stables, ChantillyAccording to legend the Prince of Bourbon-Conde believed in reincarnation and, naturally, thought he would return as a horse. So the Great Stables (<i>Les Grands Ecurie</i> ) that he built at Chantilly were to be a palace for horses. According to the Prince of Ligne the Great Stables were "superior to the palaces of many kings".<br />
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The Great Stables were commissioned by Louis-Henri de Bourbon, Prince of Conde (1692-1740). He was the son of Louis III de Bourbon and Mademoiselle de Nantes, the legitimate daughter of King Louis XIV and Madame de Montespan. A grandson of the King, he was a member of the Regency council, then the King's Council after the coronation of Louis XV in 1722, before becoming prime minister in 1723.<br />
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Louis- Henri de Bourbon- Conde inherited the Chantilly Estate in 1710. Among the 'improvements' he made to the Estate were the Great Stables, built between 1719 and 1735 from the architect Jean Aubert. The Great Stables were his masterpiece. Monumental in scale, the facade is 186 meters long.<br />
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In the centre of the facade is the pavillion crowned with a 28 meter high dome surmounted with a statue of Fame, melted down during the Revolution, and replaced in 1989.<br />
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Inside the domed pavillion is a fountain decorated with shells and simulated stalactites. The basin was once adorned with lead figures of horses and dolphins but these were lost in the Revolution. Four lead stags still adorn the pavillion.<br />
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The Great Stables housed 240 horses the majority of which which were used by the prince and his guests for hunting.<br />
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This magnificent building has been described as the most beautiful stables in the world. It was the site of festivities held in honour of Chantilly's many illustrious visitors including Louis XV; Gustav III, King of Sweden and Grand Duke Paul, the future Tsar Paul I of Russia.</div>
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Behind the stables were three courtyards . Around one of them were the coach houses where the Prince's Berlins (coaches) and caleches (open carriages) were housed. Another courtyard was a riding school, 40 meters in diameter used for the training and display of <i>Haute Ecole</i> horsemanship that was surrounded by monumental arcades supported by Ionic columns.<br />
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The third courtyard were surrounded by the kennels. The Prince kept seventy five couple of hounds for his favourite pastime; hunting.<br />
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The stables were still under construction on the death of Prince Louis-Henri de Bourbon-Conde. Some of the intended sculptures were still missing from the north-west facade. However the Conde princes continued to use the stables until the Revolution, when Prince Louis V Joseph de Bourbon-Conde fled France and sold his horses and hounds. The military occupied the stables which saved them from the fate of the chateau which was burnt down.<br />
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Today the Grand Stables are the magnificent backdrop to Chantilly Racecourse (Hippodrome de Chantilly). The first race was run here on the right-handed track on 15 May 1834. In 1886 the Duke of Aumale donated the racecourse and stables, with the rest of the Chantilly Estate to the Institut de France. Chantilly hosts two of the French Classics, in the first week of June the Prix de Jockey Club, the French 'Derby' for three year old colts and the Prix de Diane, the French 'Oaks' for three year old fillies.<br />
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In 1982 the living Museum of the Horse was opened in the Great Stables and in 2006 the museum was acquired by the Foundation for Safe-Keeping and Development of the Chantilly Domain, presided over by HH Aga Khan V.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-65717511177479216672015-06-29T13:36:00.000-07:002015-06-29T13:36:46.819-07:00Kenwood DairyIn 1789 William Murray, Lord Chief Justice, 1st Earl of Mansfield bought "<i>the Singularly Valuable and truly desirable Freehold and Tithe Free Estate</i>", Millfield Farm. The farm had been described in <i>The Morning Herald </i>in an advertisement that played on the arcadian sensibility then at the height of fashion as;<br />
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The appearance of the Kenwood Estate today largely derives from the late 18th century, when the 2nd Earl of Mansfield employed Humphrey Repton to enhance the grounds. Louisa, daughter of Lord Cathcart had married Lord Stormont, the 2nd Earl Mansfield in 1776, as his second wife, 31 years his junior. She was passionate about agricultural improvement and it was she that was responsible for the dairies at Scone Palace and Kenwood.<br />
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The Kenwood dairy was designed for Louisa, Countess of Mansfield by George Saunders between 1794 and 1795. (It replaced the earlier dairy presided over by Dido Belle.) The dairy is composed of three pavillions, a small octagonal tea room, a 'Dairy House' and a 'Scullery' with an ice house underneath. Under Louisa's supervision the Dairy provided the house with milk, butter, cream and cheese.<br />
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The popularity of dairies in the 18th century had been influenced by the Queen Marie-Antoinette's dairies at the chateaux of Versailles and Rambouillet which Louisa may well have seen when her husband was ambassador to France.<br />
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The central tower incorporates a hall with two flanking stairs that rise from the entrance level. Running around the hall and stairs were three floors of rooms and a garret on top for the servants accommodation. The Armoury Hall takes its name from the amazing displays of weapons that elicited comment from Dr Johnson when he visited Inveraray in 1773.</div>
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The Dining Room was painted in the 1780's with images of the seasons from Herculaneum by two french painters Girard and Guinland..</div>
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The Tapestry Drawing Room is hung with Beauvais tapestries commissioned by the 5th Duke in 1785. Known as <i>Pastorales draperies bleues et arabesques</i>, after J.B.Huet, it is thought to be the only set of 18th century tapestries still hanging in the room for which they were made. The painting is of the 5th Duke's daughter, Lady Charlotte Campbell as 'Aurora', by John Hoppner. </div>
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It comes as a wonderful surprise to find a room of such sophisticated and exquisite 18th century Parisian taste should be found in such a remote location as Inveraray.</div>
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Torquil Campbell, the present, 13th Duke inherited the title in 2001. He uses the castle as his family home.</div>
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The smallest room from the Hotel de Breteuil to have beeen saved was a circular room from the ground floor, although the lantern was not reconstructed. The original colour scheme of the panelling, painted in delicate shades of grey with white highlights, mixed with forget-me-not blue has been authentically restored.<br />
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The Grand Salon was the most important room in the house. The colour scheme for this this room was not conserved, so the decor was chosen by the Musee Carnavalet to create a background in the style of the 18th century to highlight the quality of the carving.</div>
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The Oval Boudoir was on the ground floor of the house.<br />
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The press in 1923 covered the removal of the panelling and spread the story that the house had been the home of Count Axel de Fersen when he returned to France to make a final attempt to spirit the royal family, and his lover, Marie Antoinette away to safety, in a flight that ended in ignominy at Varennes. A romantic story, perhaps it's true.<br />
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Proudly displayed above the arch are four carved panels that signify James V was a member of four of Europe's most prestigious orders of chivalry ; the Order of the Thistle of Scotland, the Order of the Garter of England, the Order of St Michael of France and the Order of the Golden Fleece of Burgundy. (The original panels were replaced by replicas in the 19th century)</div>
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In December 2012 it was the entry to Chanel's "Scottish Spectacular" held in the ruins of the Palace.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-34482706795211689282015-06-07T11:33:00.000-07:002015-06-07T11:33:59.001-07:00Sham Ruin, Corsham CourtBehind the Elizabethan stables of Corsham Court is an extraordinary folly, the monumental Sham Ruin built by John Nash c1797.<br />
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The towering edifice, about 60' high and 100' long, was intended to convey an ancient ecclesiastical impression<br />
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It may have been built with stone recycled from Chippenham Priory, including some of the window tracery and also some of the material from Capability Brown's Bath House at Corsham Court. That there are more windows on the north side shows that it was primarily intended to be seen from the big house, rather than from the town.<br />
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Small rooms in the bottom of the wall may have been used for grand accommodation for poultry.<br />
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The Hotel de Soubise is a palatial mansion in the 3rd arondissement of Paris. Bought by Francois de Rohan, prince de Soubise in 1700 who engaged architect Pierre-Alexis Delamair to rebuild it. (His wife Anne de Rohan-Chablot was a mistress of Louis XIV whose affair was rumoured to have financed the project).<br />
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Hercule Meriadec, prince of Soubise, (Francois' son) engaged Germain Boffrand to remodel the interiors, to glorious effect, between 1735-1740.<br />
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The ceiling of the prince's bedchamber.<br />
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The prince's (oval) Saloon The walls and ceilings are decorated with sinuous gilded boiserie tall looking glasses with ceilings and overdoors painted by some of the most important artists working in France during the reign of Louis XV; Francois Boucher, Charles-Joseph Natoire and Carle van Loo.<br />
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The prince's Grand Cabinet.<br />
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On the piano nobile, immediately above the prince's apartments are the apartments of the princess de Soubise. The princess's State bedchamber.<br />
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The last prince of Soubise Charles de Rohan, duke of Rohan Rohan and the last male of his branch of the House of Rohan died in 1787. By a decree of Napoleon in 1808 the Hotel de Soubise became property of the State and today belongs to the National Archives.<br />
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The decor owes its special effect to the silver leaf used as the ground. An Art Deco <i>tour de force</i> inspired by Baroque painting.<br />
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The ballroom was installed at the Musee Carnavalet in 1989.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-36731464318012303422015-05-23T03:10:00.000-07:002015-05-23T03:10:45.877-07:00The Hercules Garden, Blair CastleAt nine acres, the Hercules Garden at Blair Castle is said to the largest walled garden in Scotland.<br />
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The garden takes its name from the statue of Hercules placed in 1743 on top of a small hill just outside the south wall, from where there is a splendid view down into the garden below.<br />
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The Hercules garden was laid out by James Murray, the 2nd Duke of Atholl (1690-1764). He had the bottom of the small boggy valley turned into a series of ponds.<br />
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The ponds are dotted with islands, one with a miniature plantation of trees, several with duck houses, another known as the melon ground is actually a herb garden,<br />
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A 'Chinese' style bridge crosses one of the ponds.<br />
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The slopes on either side of the ponds are planted with widely spaced vertical lines of fruit trees, known locally as 'breaks'. The garden also incorporates herbaceous borders and a vegetable plot.<br />
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In the west wall is a small stone building known as the Apple House, furnished with a covetable 'country made' chair.<br />
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In the 1888's a gazebo known as MacGregor's Folly,named after a friend of the Duchess was included at the east end of the garden.<br />
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In 1924 elaborate gates were hung to celebrate the silver wedding of the 8th Duke and his wife.<br />
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But by the end of the Second World War the garden had fallen into decline and all the greenhouses were in a state of dilapidation. It was the late 10th Duke of Atholl (1931-1996), known as 'Wee Iain' who initiated the restoration. He died in 1996, the year the restored garden was opened to the public, and is commemorated in an inscribed stone as well as in the statues of a shepherd and a shepherdess beside MacGregor's Folly.<br />
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<br />Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-35202518032174305232015-05-22T11:46:00.000-07:002015-05-22T11:46:25.286-07:00Gods in Colour, Ashmolean MuseumThe travelling exhibition Gods in Colour at the Ashmolean comes as a real shock. 'Shock of the Ancient'. It demolishes preconceptions of pure white marble antique sculpture.<br />
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Lion, From Loutraki near Corinth, c 550BC</div>
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The exhibition is mounted in collaboration with German archeologists Vincenz Brinkmann and Ulrike Koch-Brinkmann based on Brinkmann's research into ancient poly-chromy. He proved (scientifically) that ancient statues were far more colourful than we had ever imagined. And not just any colour, not pastel colour, no vibrant, bright, brilliant, colour.<br />
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Head of Warrior. From east pediment of temple of Aphaia, c 490 BC</div>
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To illustrate this the plaster casts are painted with authentic pigments that matched the traces found on the originals.<br />
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More than twenty of these painted casts are shown alongside casts from the Ashmolean's own collection.<br />
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The exhibition shows us that this is how the Greeks and the Romans saw their sculptures. Brilliant.<br />
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The Musee de la Vie Romantique (Museum of the Romantic Life) is located in the 9th arondissement of Paris at the foot of Montmarte hill in an area known as the "Nouvelles Athens." It occupies a <i>hotel particulier</i> built in 1830 that was owned by the Dutch painter Ary Scheffer (1795-1858). Opposite the house is a small courtyard and two studios, beside it a greenhouse and a small garden. </div>
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Here Ary Scheffer and his daughter hosted Friday salons attended by a who's who of 19th century artists and intelllectuals. George Sand came with Frederick Chopin. They would meet Delacroix, Lizt, Ingres, Lamartine, Viardot and Rossini. Later in the century Dickens and Turgeniev also found their way there.</div>
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<i>Pauline Viardot en sainte Cecile</i>, 1851</div>
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If the pastries and cakes tasted only half as good as they look, then Bontemps Patisserie is a gourmand's heaven. It makes one feel fabulous just to see visit; there can be no prettier patisserie in Paris.</div>
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So stylish; posies of flowers, a blue cabinet of found, pretty mis-matched china that has found the perfect home, displaying exquisite cakes.</div>
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The cakes and pastries are made by Fiona Leluc and her assistant Charlotte. Fiona's sister Fatina greets the customers upstairs with a gorgeous smile.<br />
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The specialty of the house are mini cream filled shortbreads, flavoured with all sorts of wonderful flavours; vanilla, orange blossom, bergamot, Menton lemon and tonka-bean among others.<br />
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For those lucky people with someone special to share, there are larger heart shaped shortbreads, to be divided down the middle.<br />
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For the perfect tea party there are shortbread flowers where the flower petals could be tailored with flavours to suit each persons taste.<br />
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And then there are the tarts..... Bourdaloue made from Comice pears and an almond cream!<br />
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A wonderful experience, if I lived in Paris I would have an account there............Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-17990508855910049332015-04-29T12:48:00.001-07:002015-04-29T13:12:37.986-07:00"Biens Publics", Musee Rath, GenevaThe Musee Rath is showing "Biens Publics", (Public Collections), 27 February- 26 April 2015, an eclectic exhibition in celebration of twenty years of Geneva's prestigious Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (MAMCO). ENJOY<br />
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The manor of Cold Ashton belonged to Bath Abbey before the Dissolution. The exquisite Jacobean manor house is said to have been built by Wiliam Pepwall, Mayor of Bristol (1570-1575) or by John Gunning who bought the estate c1629.</div>
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The ornamental gateway to the house bears the arms of Sir Robert Gunning of 1678. It is an exemplary example of the Jacobean Renaissance style, featuring two square Roman Doric columns on either side of the gate, with a rosette frieze above and surmounted by splendid floricated urns.<br />
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From the gateway of Cold Ashton Manor there are superb views over the lovely St. Catherine's Valley near Bath.</div>
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Kenwood is a great neo-classical villa on the edge of Hampstead Heath, in the late 18th century, weekend retreat of William Murray, Lord Chief Justice, 1st Earl of Mansfield. He engaged Robert Adam in the 1760's and 1770's to remodel his house. On the garden facade Adam used pilasters beneath an elegant pediment. The orangery on the west side was built in the 1740's by a previous owner, Lord Bute. Robert Adam added the library on the east side, with the same volume as the orangery, to create the symmetrical facade.</div>
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On the northern front Adam used impressive Ionic columns in his entrance portico of 1764. He also modernized the existing interiors and added attic bedrooms.There are four surviving Adam interiors at Kenwood, the entrance hall, the great stairs, the antechamber and the library.</div>
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The Library or 'Great Room' (1767-1769) at Kenwood is considered one of Robert Adam's greatest interiors. The decorative frieze and ceiling are by Antonio Zucchi.</div>
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Lord Mansfield had no children, but Dido Eliabeth Belle (1761-1804) the mixed race daughter of his nephew Sir John Lindsay and her cousin Lady Elizabeth Murray (c1763-1823) grew up together their uncle's household at Kenwood. Lord Mansfield considered to be one of Britain's greatest judges is often remembered for his rulings in favour of black plaintiffs.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In 1793 Lord Mansfield's nephew and heir Lord Stormont after inheriting and becoming the 2nd Earl of Mansfield commissioned George Saunders to build the north-east and north-west wings, housing the dining and music rooms. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The 2nd Earl of Mansfield wanted a dedicated dining room rather than having to use the entrance hall, where the 1st earl had entertained his guests.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The later earls of Mansfield only made sporadic visits to Kenwood, preferring their Scottish seat, Scone Palace near Perth. In the early 20th century Kenwood was let out to tenants, including grand Duke Michael Michaelovitch of Russia, grandson of Tsar Nicholas I of Russia.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The 6th Earl of Mansfield decided to sell Kenwood and in 1925 the house was bought by Edward Cecil Guiness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927). At his death two years later he bequeathed Kenwood and part of his art collection to the nation.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The Dining Room contains many of the finest works from Lord Iveagh's Bequest, including the Portrait of <i>James Stuart, 1st Duke of Richmond and Lennox </i>by Sir Anthony van Dyk, <i>Pieter van den Broeke</i> by Frans Hals, Johannes Vermeer's <i>The Guitar Player</i> and perhaps the most famous painting at Kenwood Rembrandt's <i>Portrait of the Artist.</i></span></div>
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Thomas Gainsborough: <i>John Joseph Merlin</i> (1781)</div>
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Lady Mansfield's Dressing Room was used by the 1st Countess for dressing , receiving guests and for reading. The room now contains furniture and paintings from the Iveagh Bequest.</div>
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The elegant music room was built between 1794-1796. it now contains some of the most famous paintings from the iveagh Bequest, many of them considered to be among the greatest British portraits of the 18th century, includings works by Gainsborough, Reynolds and Romney.</div>
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Kenwood having been recently refurbished under the care of English Heritage, housing the fabulous works from the Iveagh Bequest and the Suffolk Collection is one of the best places to visit for 'nourishment' in London. And what is more it is furnished with comfortable seating and it is free.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-53336480543348119422015-04-09T12:31:00.000-07:002015-04-10T07:18:34.597-07:00The Duke of Aumale's Private Apartments, ChantillyHenri Eugene Phillipe Louis d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale (<i>duc d'Aumale</i>) (1882-1897) was the fifth son of King Louis-Phillipe I of France. In 1830 as a boy of eight he inherited the estate of Chantilly from his godfather, the last prince of Conde. When he came of age the Duke of Aumale entered the military and served in Algeria. During the July monarchy of his father King Louis-Phillipe I the Duke of Aumale had the private apartments of Chantilly designed by Romantic painter and decorator Eugene Lami between 1844-46 shortly after his marriage to Marie Emilie de Bourbon-Sicilie. The private apartments at Chantilly on the ground floor of the Chateau remain one of the only princely interiors of the epoch to survive in France. However the Duke's plan to rebuild the chateau had to be abandoned when he was forced to leave France after the Revolution of 1848. He was not able to return and live at Chantilly until 1871.<br />
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The Salon de Guise contains family portraits, including the Duke of Aumale aged nine, the year after he inherited Chantilly, and those of his two sons, Louis of Guise, and Francois. The room was renamed in 1872 after the death of the Duke of Aumale's second son, Francois, Duke of Guise.<br />
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The Duchess of Aumale's Bedroom.<br />
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The Duchess of Aumale's Boudoir is a round room that was originally hung with green fabric. After the death of the Duchess in 1869, on the instructions of the Duke the walls and furniture were covered in purple fabric woven with silver, the colour of mourning.<br />
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The piano was especially made for the Duchess's Boudoir by the cabinet makers the Grohe Brothers.<br />
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The Petite Singerie divided the Duke's and Duchess's rooms. It was decorated in the 1730's by Christophe Huet, a famous animal painter in France. It is a small room that depicts monkeys imitating the daily activities of the aristocracy in a world that looks very like Chantilly.<br />
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The Duke of Aumale's Bathroom.<br />
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The Salon de Conde. On the walls are hung 42 framed medallions with likenesses of members of the house of Bourbon-Conde so that the Duke of Aumale originally called this room "the Condes Family Salon". It was renamed the "Conde Salon" in memory of Louis of Orleans, Prince of Conde, eldest son of the Duke of Aumale.<br />
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The Duke of Aumale's Bedroom is furnished with a military bed. The paintings are of members of his family including his mother by Baron Francois Gerard. The room is unchanged since 1897.<br />
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The Marble Salon was the Duke's private dining room and it was decorated by Eugene Lami in the Neo-Renaissance style.<br />
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Without living heirs, the Duke of Aumale bequeathed Chantilly, including his art collection, to the Institut de France. His act of fabulous generosity led the government of France to withdraw the decree of exile imposed on members of the former ruling houses and the Duke returned to France in 1889. He died in Lo Zucco, Sicily where he had engaged in producing wine, and was buried in Dreux, in the Orleans family vault.<br />
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<br />Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-37260286545888500372015-04-07T11:38:00.000-07:002015-04-07T11:38:09.718-07:00Bath House, Corsham CourtThe Gothic Bath House at Corsham Court was built by Lancelot 'Capability' Brown is the only one of the three garden buildings which he designed at Corsham that still stands. It was later remodelled and further Gothicised by John Nash between 1797 and 1802. The ogee shaped arches, the windows, Gothic niches and the roof pinnacles all survive from Brown's original pavillion.<br />
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The Bath House was intended to provide an invigorating cold dip. The cold bath is sunk into an arcaded ground floor and a flight of steps leads to a dressing room above.The last member of the Methuen family to use it regularly was the Field-Marshal Lord Methuen (1846-1932).<br />
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In the Bath House a door leads into a narrow tunnel with stucco walls encrusted with fir cones, hazel twigs and the remains of moss. This leads into the Bradford Porch, a late-Medieval doorway with a fan-vaulted ceiling that was erected here as a summerhouse by the 4th Lord Methuen in 1968 having been brought from The Priory at Bradford-on-Avon, formerly a Methuen property. The major part of the Priory was demolished in 1936.<br />
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<br />Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-53142672635927955562015-04-03T11:35:00.003-07:002015-04-11T11:36:59.093-07:00Braemar Castle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
<span style="text-align: left;">Braemar Castle dates from 1628, built by John Erskine 18th Earl of Mar, as a hunting lodge and to check the growing power of their neighbours and vassals, the Farquaharson's of Invercauld. The strategic importance of Braemar had long been recognised and the present castle replaced the 13th century royal castle of Kindrochit whose ruins can be seen nearby in the village of Braemar. </span>Braemar is an altered L-plan tower house protected by a star shaped curtain wall of six salient angles and with three storey angle turrets that were added when it housed Hanoverian troops in 1748. The central tower is built of granite covered with harl.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The Farquaharson's were Jacobites following the 'Glorious Revolution' of 1688. When in 1689 John Graham of Claverhouse, "Bonnie Dundee" tried brilliantly, but unsuccessfully to restore James VII (and II), the Earl of Mar opposed him while the Farquharson's gave him all the support they could. With Claverhouse marching north, Braemar Castle was occupied on behalf of King William. William and Mary's supporters narrowly missed capturing the Farquharson leader, John Farquharson of Inverey ("The Black Colonel"), who attacked Braemar castle at night, sent the garrison packing and burnt out the castle to prevent it from being reoccupied.</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">In 1716 the castle and estate was forfeit to the Crown following the 23rd Earl of Mar's (1685-1732) leadership of the Jacobite Rising of 1715. Known to history as "Bobbing John" he had raised the standard of King James VIII on September 6th 1715 in Braemar village where the Invercauld Arms Hotel now stands. </span><span style="text-align: left;">The castle and estate was bought by John Farquharson, 9th Laird of Invercauld, however the castle was left in ruins until 1748 when it was leased to the Hanoverian government. Once it had been rebuilt under the direction of Master Mason of the Board of Ordinance, John Adam it was used as a garrison for the army of occupation.</span></div>
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It was not until 1831 that the army withdrew from Braemar and the castle returned to the Farquharsons. The 12th Laird of Invercauld restored the castle as a family home and he entertained Queen Victoria to tea in the castle when she attended the Braemar Gatherings held in the grounds of the castle. For the next 100 years the Farquharson family were to use Braemar castle as a holiday home.</div>
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The main entrance of the castle retains its iron yett, thought to have been brought from Kindrochit Castle. On the ground floor are stone vaulted rooms which contained the original kitchens, storerooms, the guardroom and an iron grill in the floor which gave access to the laird's pit or dungeon. In Victorian times a second kitchen was added next to the staff accommodation.</div>
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Access to the upper floors is by a stone turn-pike staircase.</div>
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In 1948 the 16th and present laird of Invercauld, Capt. Alwyne Compton Farquharson married the extremely stylish American, Frances Lovell Oldham. Mrs Farquharson had been a fashion editor of Vogue and Harper's Bazaar in the 1930's and in the 1950's she decorated and refurbish Braemar Castle, using her favoured palette of yellow and pink. The chic yet comfortable interiors remain a tribute to her wonderful taste, taste that did not compromise comfort; if a castle could ever be described as cosy then it would have to be Braemar.</div>
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On the upper floors of the castle a large room and a small room occupied the two wings of the castle. On the first floor are the morning room and the dining room. In the Morning Room is a display case containing some of the family's Jacobite treasures including a piece of the plaid worn by Prince Charles Edward Stuart (Bonnie Prince Charlie) and given by him to Lady Mackintosh as a mark of gratitude. Another piece of tartan was brought from the battlefield of Culloden. There is also a precious medal struck by Prince Charles in 1745 commemorating his adventure and inscribed <i>Spes et Amor Brittannie.</i></div>
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Around the table diners cat on a fine set of Hepplewhite chairs, and others like the sideboard are of Adam design.</div>
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On the second floor is the Drawing Room, the Laird's Day Room entered by a curved door and opposite the Rose Room with between the two a small bathroom, installed in 1901.</div>
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The Drawing Room is where Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were entertained by the Farquharson family when they came to tea. She reputedly sat on the sofa to the right of the fireplace. Another point of interest is the graffiti incised by Hanoverian troops on the window shutters."John Chestnut 1727"</div>
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In 1982 Capt. Farquharson owner of the 120 000 acre Invercauld Estate, decided to sell Braemar Castle. In the end he leased it to a trust, for fifty years, for the benefit of the local community. Capt. Farquharson and his second wife live in Norfolk.</div>
Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-18633658167827556642015-03-28T10:12:00.000-07:002015-04-10T13:25:02.400-07:00Conservatory, Dalkeith PalaceThe extraordinary twelve sided conservatory at Dalkeith designed by William Burn was built in 1832. What appears to be just the central supporting column of the conservatory is in fact a cast iron chimney to service the furnaces used to heat the building which are concealed underneath.<br />
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Impressive though the structure undoubtedly still is, even in its present ruined condition, it is sad to see something quite so splendid and unusual not being given the due care and attention it so richly deserves and is being allowed to slides further into decay.<br />
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The 5th Duke of Buccleuch had initially engaged William Burn to enlarge Dalkeith Palace, the model is preserved at Bowhill, but although those plans came to nothing, he was kept very busy elsewhere. Burn remodeled Branxholme Castle in the Borders in 1837 which had been owned by the Scott's since the 1420's. Burn also worked on Bowhill nearby but his greatest triumph was in persuading the Duke to demolish Montagu House on the banks of the Thames at Westminster and replace it between 1853-1859 with a building in the French Renaissance style. Montagu House was demolished after the First World War to make way for the Air Ministry.<br />
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The Kings Gate, the ceremonial entrance to Dalkeith Park was built in 1838 to be used in the event of the reigning monarch visiting Dalkeith Palace. The first monarch to use the gates was Queen Victoria who passed through with Prince Albert on their way to stay with the Duke of Buccleuch on their first visit to Scotland in 1842. They evidently enjoyed themselves because they came again in 1859 and in 1872.</div>
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These days the gates are only opened once a year to admit visitors arriving by motor car to attend the annual Dalkeith Agricultural Show in August.Jimmy Grahamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03763916240266549570noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2394732066968098939.post-23628890143140777322015-03-21T03:07:00.000-07:002015-03-21T03:10:39.051-07:00 Tea Cottage, Mellerstain HouseThe Tea or 'Old' Cottage was constructed in late 19th century in the policies of Mellerstain House as picturesque venue for the Hamilton family and their guests to take tea in the afternoon.<br />
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The Clan Donald became established on the Isle of Skye in the 15th century. Armadale Castle is on the southern side of the island in the lands of Sleat. The legendary Flora MacDonald came to Armadale after helping Bonnie Prince Charlie and was arrested nearby. She later married at Armadale. The present house, designed by James Gillespie Graham was built for Lord MacDonald of Sleat in 1815.</div>
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<span style="text-align: left;">The original entrance to the castle, now described as a 'sculptured' ruin is a popular wedding venue. The grand Imperial Staircase makes a dramatic backdrop to the ceremonies while the views across to the Knoydart Peninsula are unrivalled.</span></div>
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