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Richard Grenville, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Details
- Date
- Early-19th century
- Author / Artist
- Sir Willaim Beechey
- Dimensions
- 260cm by 160cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.44
- Current location
- State Drawing Room
Richard Grenville, Marquess of Chandos, 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, full length standing beside his charger, wearing General’s uniform. Inscribed l.l. with identity of sitter. Oil on canvas in contemporary gilt frame.
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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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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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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
- Related
- Related history
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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Featured posts
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Classical Busts Return to Stowe House’s North Hall After 200 Years
Stowe House is celebrating the completed restoration of its grand North Hall — a spectacular reception room first designed in the 1730s by William Kent. As the final touch to a six-year, £75,000 restoration, nine classical busts have been installed.
18 August 2025
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The Heraldic Achievements of the Grenville, Temple Nugent, and Chandos Families
Details
- Date
- 1806
- Author / Artist
- P Sonnard
- Dimensions
- 132 cm diameter
- Material
- Oil on parchment
- Catalogue number
- SS.51
- Current location
- Gothic Library
The Library was commissioned by George-Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham and built to a design by Sir John Soane between 1805 and 1807. The painting shows the 726 armorial bearings of the Temple, Nugent, Brydges, Chandos and Grenville families.
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James Gibbs at Stowe
Details
- Date
- 2021
- Author / Artist
- William Aslet
- Dimensions
- 6 pages
- Material
- Catalogue number
- Article.01
- Current location
- SHPT files
- Download
- James Gibbs at Stowe
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 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
- Download
- 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.
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The History of Stowe – Ancient & Medieval Stowe
Details
- Date
- 1967
- Author / Artist
- George Clarke
- Dimensions
- 4 pages
- Material
- Catalogue number
- Article.04
- Current location
- SHPT files
- Download
- The History of Stowe – Ancient & Medieval Stowe
Article from The Stoic – March 1967. Contextualises Stowe within the archaeology of the landscape and area.
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Bronze Bust of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Baron Cheshire
Details
- Date
- 1995
- Author / Artist
- David Wynne
- Dimensions
- Bronze 61 cm Overall height 188cm (incl. stone plinth)
- Material
- Bronze
- Catalogue number
- SS.28
- Current location
- Outside Chapel
- Related
- Related history
Bronze bust of Group Captain Leonard Cheshire Baron Cheshire VC.OM,DSO,DFC, on an inscribed triform stone plinth.
