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Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections
Engelsk Paperback
Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections
Engelsk Paperback

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In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as ‘the English Versailles’, the present Duke sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII. Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (1638–1709), Charles II’s envoy to Louis XIV, transformed Boughton into a palatial homage to French culture. His son John, the 2nd Duke, is remembered for the miles of avenues he planted, a love of heraldry, a fondness for practical jokes and the ancient lion he nursed in one of the courtyards.

The book showcases Boughton’s celebrated art collection, with its magnificent tapestries and Sèvres porcelain. There are striking portraits of Elizabeth I, Charles II and his son the Duke of Monmouth, another Buccleuch ancestor. Van Dyck’s friends and contemporaries cluster in the Drawing Room. Most eye-catching of all is the portrait of Shakespeare’s muse, the Countess of Southampton. A grand tour takes in the French-inspired façade, the formal State Rooms and the Tudor Great Hall, with their painted ceilings, flamboyant French furniture and the oldest dated carpet in Europe – before moving to the park, with its avenues of soaring limes and network of lakes, and its dramatic, newly created sunken pool.
Product detaljer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
232
ISBN-13:
9780956594853
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
0956594859
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Udg. Dato:
1 aug 2016
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
240mm
Højde:
241mm
Forlag:
Caique Publishing Ltd
Oplagsdato:
1 aug 2016
Forfatter(e):
Books from the same author
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