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Writing Desk
Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 43cm (w)
- Material
- wood & leather
- Catalogue number
- SS.57
- Current location
- Archives
Victorian morocco and white metal mounted desk-top writing cabinet, slope front with B&C device under the ducal coronet, walnut interior with a perpetual calendar.
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Caractuacus before Claudius
Details
- Date
- 1780
- Author / Artist
- Thomas Banks
- Dimensions
- 112 x 153 cm
- Material
- Marble
- Catalogue number
- SS.58
- Current location
- North Hall
Caratacus was a British chieftain of the Catuvellauni tribe, who resisted the Roman conquest of Britain. After his capture, Caratacus was sent to Rome as a war prize. Although a captive, he was allowed to address the Roman Senate. Tacitus records a version of his speech in which he says that his stubborn resistance made Rome’s glory in defeating him all the greater:
If the degree of my nobility and fortune had been matched by moderation in success, I would have come to this City as a friend rather than a captive, nor would you have disdained to receive with a treaty of peace one sprung from brilliant ancestors and commanding a great many nations. But my present lot, disfiguring as it is for me, is magnificent for you. I had horses, men, arms, and wealth: what wonder if I was unwilling to lose them? If you wish to command everyone, does it really follow that everyone should accept your slavery? If I were now being handed over as one who had surrendered immediately, neither my fortune nor your glory would have achieved brilliance. It is also true that in my case any reprisal will be followed by oblivion. On the other hand, if you preserve me safe and sound, I shall be an eternal example of your clemency. (Tacitus, The Annals, 12:33f)
Caratacus made such an impression that he was pardoned and allowed to live in peace in Rome. The story had come to popular attention in England as the title character of the Italian opera Carattaco by Johann Christian Bach, first performed in London in 1767 and William Mason’s play, Caratacus, of 1776. Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1780, no. 476.
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A Pair of Coade Stone Lions
Details
- Date
- 1778
- Author / Artist
- Coade
- Dimensions
- 182cm plinth length
- Material
- Stone
- Catalogue number
- SS.59
- Current location
- North Front
A pair of Coade stone lions, passant first installed in 1778.
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Three Octagonal panels scenes of Venus
Details
- Date
- c. 1800
- Author / Artist
- Robert Jones
- Dimensions
- 200 x 200 cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.60
- Current location
- State Dining Room
Three octagonal ceiling panels: Toilet of Venus, Venus and Cupid and the Triumph of Venus painted engrisaille.
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A Pair of Restoration style Armchairs
Details
- Date
- late 19th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 65 x 91 cm
- Material
- wood, cane
- Catalogue number
- SS.61
- Current location
- Chapel
A Pair of restoration style carved walnut armchairs, late 19th century, the crestings with cherubs upholding flower baskets, barleytwist uprights, cane panelled back and seats, leaf-capped scroll arms.
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Alms Dish
Details
- Date
- c. 1900
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 51 cm
- Material
- Metal
- Catalogue number
- SS.62
- Current location
- Museum
Arts & Craft electrotype alms dish, plain broad flange, centre gadrooned boss, cast with the Angel of the Annunciation, surrounded by an inscription in Latin, stamped 555.
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Christian Temple, Lady Lyttleton
Details
- Date
- c. 1708
- Author / Artist
- Circle of Kneller
- Dimensions
- 127 x 102 cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.63
- Current location
Christian Temple, Lady Lyttelton 1688-1748 three-quarter length, standing wearing a blue dress, arranging flowers. The daughter of Sir Richard Temple, 3rd Bart. She married Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bart., son of
Brig.-Gen. Sir Charles Lyttelton, 3rd Bart.
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Rosewood Library Table
Details
- Date
- 1820's
- Author / Artist
- In the manner of Gillows of Lancaster
- Dimensions
- 136 x 86 x 74 cm
- Material
- Wood
- Catalogue number
- SS.64
- Current location
George IV rosewood pedestal library table, in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, rectangular top with canted corners, tooled leather inset, fitted with a single drawer to each aspect, two stationery compartments and two dummy drawers, octagonal flared column, incurved platform, cast bronze lion paw feet.
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Hunting Tapestry
Details
- Date
- mid 20th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 190 x 240 cm
- Material
- verdure
- Catalogue number
- SS.65
- Current location
Loom woven machine-made verdure tapestry, La Chasse, Belgium.
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Sports Trophy
Details
- Date
- 1907
- Author / Artist
- John Round & Son Sheffield
- Dimensions
- 36 cm (h)
- Material
- Silver
- Catalogue number
- SS.66
- Current location
Reiss Trophy, A large silver two-handled trophy cup, campana bowl with angular handles chased and engraved rosette band, re-engraved presentation inscription.
