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Silver Charger
Details
- Date
- c1880
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 63cm
- Material
- White metal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.65
- Current location
- Archives
Silver charger (large, round shield-like object), belonging to Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, perhaps made while in India.
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Fibre Glass Copies of Gilt Torcheres
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- After James 'Athenian' Stuart
- Dimensions
- 185cm
- Material
- Fibre Glass
- Catalogue number
- HBT.66
- Current location
- Marble Saloon
Four Fibre Glass copies of Gilt torcheres (Atheniennes): each with a bowl top in green applied leafage and ribbon garlands with Bacchanalian masks over three supports in the form of winged gryphons on leopards legs, spaced by leaf scroll brackets and tricorn platform, one with the base repaired, possibly later gilding. (5ft 8in high)(MB ref HB08AT01-04)
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Plaster Copies of 8 Marble Statues
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- HBT.67
- Current location
- Marble Saloon
Plaster copies of marble statues for the Marble Saloon: Meleager (6ft 10in); Augustus (6ft 7ins); Roman Consul (6ft 8in); Capitoline Venus (6ft 4ins); Apollo (7ft); Antinous (6ft 8ins); Urania, Muse of Astrology (7ft 1in); Hygeia (7ft ). From Gipsformerei at Berlin. (MB re HB15MH01-8)
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Satirical Print
Details
- Date
- 1808
- Author / Artist
- James Gillray, published by H Humphrey
- Dimensions
- 34cm by 47cm
- Material
- Paper
- Catalogue number
- HBT.70
- Current location
- Archives
- Related
- Related history
“L’Enfant Trouve; a Sample of Roman Charity” published 19 May 1808 by Miss Hannah Humphrey. Hand painted coloured print of the Marquis and Marchioness of Buckingham lampooning the Marquis for his lack of charity. By James Gilray. (MB ref HB05AN04)
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Copy Portrait of Hester Grenville
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- Wendy Norris after Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Dimensions
- 82cm by 61cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.72
- Current location
- Blue Room
Copy portrait of Hester Grenville (1720-1803), wife of William Pitt the elder and sister to George Grenville (1712-1770). Copied by WN Norris.
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Copy Portrait of George Grenville
Details
- Date
- Author / Artist
- After Sir Joshua Reynolds
- Dimensions
- 132cm by 116cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.74
- Current location
- Blue Room
- Related
- Related history
Copy Portrait of George Grenville (1712-1770) Copied from portrait by Joshua Reynolds (c1767) in Petworth House by W G Norris.
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Grant of Arms
Details
- Date
- 1800
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 90cm
- Material
- Vellum, Leather, Metal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.76
- Current location
- Archives
Grant of Arms to Richard Temple Nugent Grenville granting the right to add Chandos to Buckingham in the family’s title. 1 July 1800. Parchment roll with two seals in leather covered box.. Recites licence 15 Nov 1799 to take the name Brydges-Chandos by virtue of marriage to Anna Eliza, daughter of the Duke of Chandos. (MB ref HB17PA02)
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Copy Portrait of William Wyndham Grenville
Details
- Date
- c1800
- Author / Artist
- Wendy Norris after Sir John Hoppner
- Dimensions
- 75cm by 62cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.80
- Current location
- Blue Room
- Related
- Related history
Museum Quality copy of William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, portrait by John Hoppner in National Portrait Gallery.
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Locket
Details
- Date
- 1874
- Author / Artist
- Fraser & Haws
- Dimensions
- 8.2cm by 4.8cm
- Material
- Diamond, blue enamel, gilt metal
- Catalogue number
- HBT.81
- Current location
- Museum
Victoria Parker Commemorative Locket of the 3rd Duke Buckingham and Chandos (1823-1889) and his wife. Gold hinged locket with miniature photos of the Duke and Duchess. Contains locks of hair; diamond encrusted plant on front with date 1874.
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Painting of Coming of Age Celebrations on North Front
Details
- Date
- 1845
- Author / Artist
- James Francis Danby
- Dimensions
- 25cm by 48cm
- Material
- Watercolour
- Catalogue number
- HBT.82
- Current location
- Museum
Watercolour (framed) of the Coming of Age Celebrations on North Front at Stowe by James Danby. Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, later 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, came of age in 1844. Morris Dancers from Brackley are shown in the painting, one of the earliest representations of Morris Men. The painting was purchased from Freeman Dansia, auctioneers.
