The Mansions of England Volume 1; Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen book

The Mansions of England Volume 1; Or, Picturesque Delineations of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen. John Preston Neale

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Author: John Preston Neale
Number of Pages: 130 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130244748
File size: 21 Mb
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1847 Excerpt: ...of its internal comfort: the rooms, considering the period when they were built, being lofty and well proportioned, and the whole well calculated for the residence of a private country gentleman. In the drawing-room is a good copy by Old Stone, from Vandyke's picture of Charles I. and his Family, the original of which is at Windsor, and a half-length of Elizabeth, Queen of Bohemia, in a black dress, most richly ornamented. There are also a few curious miniatures both in oil and water colours, though the latter have suffered from exposure to the sun: the most remarkable are Henry VIII., in a small circle, most delicately painted on a blue ground; the companion to it, James I., equally highly finished on pink.--Mary, Princess of Orange, mother of William III.--Mrs. Bendish, grand-daughter of Oliver Cromwell.--A head, marked on the back "Ben Jonson," exactly resembling the engraving byHoubraken, now considered as spurious.--Two small heads, one a Lady in the habit of a nun; the other a Knight of the Garter; both unknown: on the back of each is the following inscription, "50 in J cubbord--within cabon'.-room at Whitehall, 1638."--Henry, Prince of Wales, son of James I.--Mrs. Waller, wife of the poet.--But that in most perfect preservation is a portrait of General Ireton, in oil, which, though bearing no very striking resemblance to any engraving, is an undoubted original: the expression of the countenance is peculiar, and fully answers Lord Clarendon's description, that" he was of a melancholy, reserved, dark nature, communicating his thoughts to very few, so that for the most part he resolved alone." The view in the Plate exhibits the east front, and the low part towards the left, the more ancient style of the building. Langton Hal...

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