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Letters Patent
Details
- Date
- 1785
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- Length 97 cm
- Material
- Vellum, Leather, Metal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.32
- Current location
- Archives
Grant of title of Marquess to George Nugent-Temple-Grenville by Letters Patent of George III, 1785 (in leather box; royal seal imperfect).
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Sale Catalogue, Stowe
Details
- 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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Sauce Tureen, Stowe Porcelain
Details
- 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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Portrait of Richard Grenville
Details
- Date
- 17th century
- Author / Artist
- Circle of Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Dimensions
- 122cm by 99cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.45
- Current location
- East corridor
Portrait of Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood. Oil on canvas, school of Kneller.
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Portrait of Richard Grenville
Details
- Date
- 17th century
- Author / Artist
- English School
- Dimensions
- 59cm by 46cm
- Material
- Oil on wood
- Catalogue number
- HBT.46
- Current location
- North Hall
Portrait of Richard Grenville of Wotton Underwood, Oil on panel, English school 17th Century.
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Portrait of Catherine Finch
Details
- Date
- 17th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- Material
- Oil on panel
- Catalogue number
- HBT.47
- Current location
Portrait of Catherine Finch. Oil on panel, English school.
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Mahogany Armchairs
Details
- Date
- 1738-1820
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 61cm by 98cm
- Material
- Wood, Textile
- Catalogue number
- HBT.48.1-2
- Current location
- Gothic Library Ante Room
A pair of mahogany library armchairs. The backs covered in tapestry (modern replacement of original still intact in part) with needlepoint emblem of wheatsheaf encircled by garter motto “honi soit qui mal y pense” and surmounted by a ducal coronet. The seats are similarly covered in tapestry with needlepoint ‘B’ surrounded by a wreath and ducal coronet. (Chairs photographed in the catalogue for the 1923 sale.) (MB ref HB08DS01)
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Portrait of Hester, Countess of Temple
Details
- 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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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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The Messenger
Details
- Date
- 1981
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- 28cm
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- WYN.8.34
- Current location
- Gothic Library
Bronze maquette of a boy on a horse, calling out. The large scale version stands outside Quadrant House, Sutton, Surrey.
