Art

Engravings of Stowe

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Date
1728
Author / Artist
Gibbs
Dimensions
Material
Engravings
Catalogue number
HBT.18.1-4
Current location
Archives

Four plates from “A book of Architecture” 1728. Engravings; After James Gibbs.

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Art

Portrait of Earl Temple

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Date
1770s
Author / Artist
Robert Edge Pine
Dimensions
48 x 38 cm
Material
Oil on Canvas
Catalogue number
HBT.29
Current location
Blue Room

Portrait of Richard Grenville, Earl Temple. Head and shoulders length. By Robert Edge Pine (1730-88) after Sir Joshua Reynolds.

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Portrait Sir Peter Temple

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Date
1622
Author / Artist
Cornelius Johnson
Dimensions
68 x 51 cm
Material
Oil on Canvas
Catalogue number
HBT.30
Current location
North Hall

Portrait Sir Peter Temple. Head and shoulders, wearing a blue doublet, with fine lace collar, inscribed and dated 1622, painted oval. Oil on canvas.

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Portrait of Hester, Countess of Temple

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Date
pre-1752
Author / Artist
Dimensions
4.8cm by 3.9cm
Material
Ivory, ormolu frame
Catalogue number
HBT.49
Current location
Archives

Miniature of Hester, Countess of Temple (d.1752) as a young woman, on ivory (cracked), manner of Christian Richter. Ornate gilt frame. Pair with HBT.50

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Books

Sale Catalogue, Stowe

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Date
1921
Author / Artist
Dimensions
Material
Books
Catalogue number
HBT.35
Current location
Archives

Stowe Collection: Catalogue of the Sale of The Ducal Estate in Stowe Contents of The Mansion. Sectional copy for the Trade Only Part II Jackson-Stops, 18th-22nd of July 1921, paperback.

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Ceramics

Sauce Tureen, Stowe Porcelain

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Date
Late-18th century
Author / Artist
Coalport
Dimensions
25cm
Material
Hybrid hard paste
Catalogue number
HBT.37.1-2
Current location
Museum

Coalport sucrier with lid and saucer and ice pail (sometimes called fruit cooler) with Grenville coat of arms surmounted by Marquess’s coronet granted in 1785. Garter insignis. Ice pail. HBT.104

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Art

Portrait of Sir Richard Temple

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Date
c1675
Author / Artist
Henri Gascars
Dimensions
127 x 153 cm
Material
Oil on Canvas
Catalogue number
HBT.4
Current location
North Hall

Portrait of Sir Richard Temple 3rd Bt. (c.1675) by Henri Gascar. Formerly part of the Treasure Chest Collection (pre-1984). Three-quarter length, wearing a brown tunic.

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Engravings of Stowe

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Date
c1750
Author / Artist
J Couse
Dimensions
18 x 28 cm
Material
Engravings
Catalogue number
HBT.17.1-12
Current location
Archives

Twelve of the Most Remarkable Views in Earl Temples Gardens at Stowe in the County of Bucks.
A numbered set of twelve engraved plates, printed for and sold by Robert Sayer, Fleet Street. Unframed, formerly bound.

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Watercolour of Stowe Landscape

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Date
Author / Artist
John Piper
Dimensions
20 x 55 cm
Material
Watercolour
Catalogue number
HBT.24
Current location
Archives

Stowe Landscape. Framed Watercolour over pen and ink, by John Piper O.M., R.A.

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Portrait of William Pitt Elder

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Date
c1754
Author / Artist
William Hoare
Dimensions
127 x 102 cm
Material
Oil on Canvas
Catalogue number
HBT.28
Current location
Blue Room

Portrait of William Pitt, Lord Chatham, 1784. Three-quarter length, wearing a brown coat oil on canvas.

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