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Set of four Plaster Busts
Details
- Date
- Unknown
- Author / Artist
- Dominico Brucciani
- Dimensions
- 43cm
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- SS.2.1-4
- Current location
- Ante-Library
Four plaster copies of busts of Homer, Demosthenes, Horace and Homer.
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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
“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
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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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.
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Pencil/Pen and Ink Drawing
Details
- Date
- 1845
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 15cm by 17cm
- Material
- Pencil, ink, paper
- Catalogue number
- HBT.90
- Current location
- Archives
Pencil/pen and ink drawing of Queen Victoria planting an oak tree in Stowe Park. (with annotations – possibly a draft) (From a scrapbook of 19th-century drawings, possibly by a journalistic illustrator. Purchased from Abbott and Holder Ltd, 30 Museum St, London, for £150)
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Portrait
Details
- Date
- 1893
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 114cm by 82cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- HBT.98
- Current location
- Small Dining Room
Major Luis Morgan-Grenville (1861-1896), husband of Lady Kinloss. Painted posthumously in oils from studio photograph (information from donor).
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Blue Boy
Details
- Date
- 18th century
- Author / Artist
- Thought to be William Parry
- Dimensions
- 120cm by 102cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.15
- Current location
- East Corridor
English School 18th-century portrait of a young man. Three-quarter length, standing wearing a blue embroidered Van Dyck suit. Oil on canvas.
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Queen Caroline of Anspach
Details
- Date
- Early-18th century
- Author / Artist
- After Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Dimensions
- 230cm by 153cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.27
- Current location
- North Hall
Queen Caroline of Anspach, full length, wearing state robes. Oil on canvas in a carved wood frame.
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Alice Anne, 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos
Details
- Date
- 1892
- Author / Artist
- Herbert Sidney
- Dimensions
- 234cm by 135cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.32
- Current location
- Small Dining Room
Alice Anne, 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos (2nd), full length, standing wearing a white lace dress and a fur trimmed red robe, signed l.r.S. Sidley 1892. Oil on canvas in contemporary frame.