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Portrait of Marquess of Buckingham
Details
- Date
- c1812
- Author / Artist
- John Jackson
- Dimensions
- 130 x 94 cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.20
- Current location
- State Drawing Room
Portrait of George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham by John Jackson A.R.A. Three-quarter length, in Peers’ robes, wearing Garter Robes.
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Portrait of Richard Earl Temple
Details
- Date
- Late-18th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 6cm by 4.8cm
- Material
- Ivory, ormolu frame
- Catalogue number
- HBT.50
- Current location
- Archives
Miniature of Richard, Earl Temple, K.G. on ivory, attributed to William Grimaldi after Sir Joshua Reynolds. Ornate gilt frame. Pair with HBT.49
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Porcelain Plates from the Worcester Stowe Service
Details
- Date
- 1813
- Author / Artist
- Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester
- Dimensions
- 24 cm diameter
- Material
- Porcelain
- Catalogue number
- HBT.2.1-2
- Current location
- Museum
Two plates from the Worcester Stowe Service (Barr, Flight and Barr), presented by the vendor. Gilt with foliate scrolls over an apricot ground and reserved with the Duke of Buckingham’s arms. Formerly part of the Plate Collection (pre-1984). (MB ref PC08RW03-04)
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Bronze Bust of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis
Details
- Date
- c 1980
- Author / Artist
- Hans Feibusch
- Dimensions
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- HBT.6
- Current location
- Outside Chatham House
Bronze bust of Sir Clough Williams-Ellis by Hans Feibusch. Formerly part of the Treasure Chest Collection (pre-1984).
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Marble Bust
Details
- Date
- 1829
- Author / Artist
- Raimondo Trentanove
- Dimensions
- Height 61 cm
- Material
- Marble
- Catalogue number
- HBT.10.1
- Current location
- Museum
Marble bust of the 1st Duke of Buckingham & Chandos by Trentanova signed “fecit Roma 1829, a la antique”. Presented by the Mayor and Corporation of Buckingham.
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Pair of Sauce Tureens
Details
- Date
- 1813
- Author / Artist
- Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester
- Dimensions
- 20cm high
- Material
- Porcelain
- Catalogue number
- HBT.1.1-6
- Current location
- Museum
The 186-piece ‘Stowe Service’ was sold in the 1848 Stowe Sale for £28.18.0 to T. Delarue of Bunhill Row. During the years that followed, the family sought to recover pieces from the Service. In 1922, the contents of Stowe again came up for sale. This time, what remained of the Service was bought by the noted porcelain dealer J. Rochelle-Thomas of St James’s, who described it in an advertisement in a 1923 issue of ‘Connoisseur’ as ‘The Most Magnificent Dinner Service Ever Made’.
The heraldic achievement with which each piece was painted is of exaggerated grandeur and complexity, reflecting the family’s relatively recent rise to the nobility. Its original owner, Richard 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, was made a Duke in 1822. He had only just succeeded his father when the service was ordered, and the richness of the service reflects his aspirations.
In 1974, at a Sotheby’s sale, a single lot was purchased (two sauce tureens, one with a repaired lid) by the Hall Bequest Trust for £900. With great generosity the vender Peter Thomas later presented the school with two of the plates from the service, one from the Barr, Flight and Barr period (1807-13) and the other from the Flight, Barr and Barr period (1813-40).
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Reproduction Portrait of Earl Temple
Details
- Date
- 1762
- Author / Artist
- Allan Ramsay
- Dimensions
- 265 x 181 cm
- Material
- Photographic reproduction
- Catalogue number
- HBT.25
- Current location
- Blue Room
Portrait of Richard Grenville, 2nd Earl Temple, by Alan Ramsay. Full size photographic copy with paint strokes added.
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Marble Bust
Details
- Date
- 1869
- Author / Artist
- Tito Angelini
- Dimensions
- Square socles 72 cm
- Material
- Marble
- Catalogue number
- HBT.10.2-3
- Current location
- Library
Marble busts of Frederick and Victoria, Prince & Princess of Prussia, by Tito Angelini inscribed “To. Angelini 1869”. Presented by the Mayor and Corporation of Buckingham.
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Railway Poster
Details
- Date
- 1920s
- Author / Artist
- Norman Wilkinson
- Dimensions
- 76 x 122 cm
- Material
- Watercolour
- Catalogue number
- HBT.16
- Current location
- Ante-Library
London Midland & Scottish Railway poster of Stowe School. Framed 1986.
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Fred Perry
Details
- Date
- 1984
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 20cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.37
- Current location
- Plug Street case 3
Bronze figure of tennis player, racket in hand. Maquette for larger bronze statue at the The All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club at Wimbledon.