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The Family of Darius Before Alexander
Details
- Date
- Mid-17th century
- Author / Artist
- Christoph Veyrier
- Dimensions
- 115 x 142 cm
- Material
- Marble
- Catalogue number
- SS.50
- Current location
- North Hall
In 333 BC, Alexander defeated Darius III, the last king of the Achaemenid Empire, at the Battle of Issus. Though Darius fled, his mother, wife and two daughters were captured by Alexander, who treated them with kindness and honour. According to Plutarch: [He] ‘gave them leave to bury whom they pleased of the Persians, and to make use for this purpose what garments and furniture they thought fit out of the booty. He diminished nothing of their equipage, or of the attentions and respect formerly paid them, and allowed larger pensions for their maintenance than they had before. But the noblest and most royal part of their usage was, that he treated these illustrious prisoners according to their virtue and character.’ (Plutarch 33:21).
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45 Seeley Guide Books, Beauties and Gardens of Stowe
Details
- Date
- 1744-1838
- Author / Artist
- Benton Seeley
- Dimensions
- 13cm by 21cm
- Material
- Paper, Leather
- Catalogue number
- SS.48.1-45
- Current location
- Museum
A description of the House and Gardens of The Most Noble & puissant prince, George Grenville Nugent-Temple, Marquess of Buckingham. A collection of guide books, engraved plates, 1744 onwards to 1838; a collection of forty-five, with folding plates, variously bound.
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Pair of William Kent Benches
Details
- Date
- Early-18th century
- Author / Artist
- Presumed Kent
- Dimensions
- 335cm
- Material
- Wood
- Catalogue number
- SS.34.1-2
- Current location
- South Front Portico
Two ‘William Kent’ benches.
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Set of 16 Stone Busts (Temple of Worthies)
Details
- Date
- 1733
- Author / Artist
- John Michael Rysbrack
- Dimensions
- Material
- Stone
- Catalogue number
- SS.47.1-16
- Current location
- Gardens
A set of 16 stone busts, housed in the Niches of the Temple of British Worthies at Stowe, Buckinghamshire, by Michael Rysbrack and collaborators, was documented 1732-1745.
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Caroline Harvey 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos
Details
- Date
- Mid-19th Century
- Author / Artist
- Sir Francis Grant
- Dimensions
- 225cm by 132cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.36
- Current location
- Small Dining Room
Caroline Harvey 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos (1st), full length seated wearing a white dress, a view of Stowe behind. Oil on canvas.
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Queen Victoria
Details
- Date
- Mid-19th century
- Author / Artist
- After Franz Xavier Winterhalter
- Dimensions
- 81cm by 66cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.41
- Current location
- State Drawing Room
Queen Victoria, half-length, wearing a white dress and a garter sash. Oil on canvas.
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Portrait of Anne Eliza, Lady Temple
Details
- Date
- 1802
- Author / Artist
- Sir William Beechey
- Dimensions
- 254cm high by 143cm wide
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.43
- Current location
- State Drawing Room
Portrait of Anne Eliza, Lady Temple, later Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, 1779 – 1836. Full length standing wearing white dress, accompanied by her son Lord Cobham and her pug dog. Oil on canvas. Exhibited at the Royal Academy.
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George 1st Marquess of Buckingham
Details
- Date
- Early-19th century
- Author / Artist
- After John Jackson
- Dimensions
- 130cm by 94cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.37
- Current location
- State Drawing Room
Portrait of George, 1st Marquess of Buckingham. Three-quarter length standing. Oil on canvas in a contemporary plaster gilt frame.
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The Garter Room at Stowe House
Details
- Date
- 1991
- Author / Artist
- Michael Bevington
- Dimensions
- 19 pages
- Material
- Catalogue number
- Article.02
- Current location
- SHPT files
- Download
- The Garter Room at Stowe House
Article from The Georgian Group Journal Volume XV, covering the development, the source of the design of the State Apartment at Stowe House. Includes description and images of the Palmyrene ceilings. William Aslet, recipient of the George Clarke Prize for research pertinent to Stowe, re-evaluates the contribution of James Gibbs to the landscape of one of Britain’s finest country houses.
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The Marquess of Buckingham and the Presence Chamber at Dublin Castle, 1788–1838
Details
- Date
- 2019
- Author / Artist
- Myles Campbell
- Dimensions
- 24 pages
- Material
- Catalogue number
- Article.03
- Current location
- SHPT files
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- The Marquess of Buckingham and the Presence Chamber at Dublin Castle, 1788–1838
Article from a George Clarke prize recipient describing the Marquess of Buckinghams’ association and development of the Presence Chamber at Dublin Castle.