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A pair of busts of Bacon and Newton
Details
- Date
- 19th century
- Author / Artist
- Dominico Brucciani
- Dimensions
- 42cm
- Material
- Plaster
- Catalogue number
- SS.19.1-2
- Current location
- Museum
Plaster copies of busts of Bacon and Newton. On titled plinths formed from books.
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Capuan Venus
Details
- Date
- 18th century
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- 97cm
- Material
- Marble
- Catalogue number
- SS.20
- Current location
- Ante Library
After the Antique, Psyche of Capua, a Grand Tour, marble. The original sculpture dating from the first century B.C. and now housed in the National Museum, Naples, was found badly damaged in the amphitheatre at Capua. The sculpture although commonly known as Psyche of Capua more likely depicts Aphrodite.
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Bust of William III
Details
- Date
- Unknown
- Author / Artist
- Dimensions
- Material
- Lead
- Catalogue number
- SS.23
- Current location
- North Portico
Lead bust of William III (after a late C17 original).
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Portrait of Prince Eugene of Savoy
Details
- Date
- Early 18th century
- Author / Artist
- Follower of Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Dimensions
- 122cm by 96cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.24
- Current location
- North Hall
Prince Eugène Francis of Savoy-Carignano (1663-1736), with The Order of the Golden Fleece, was a distinguished field marshal in the Army of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg dynasty. During the War of the Spanish Succession he served Emperor Leopold I, achieving gains in Italy and securing victories at Blenheim (1704), Oudenaarde (1708), and Malplaquet (1709). Douglas Stewart references a lost Kneller portrait of the prince (J Douglas Stewart, Sir Godfrey Kneller and the English Baroque Portrait, 1983, no. 262)
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Portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales
Details
- Date
- mid 18th century
- Author / Artist
- Follower of Jeramiah Davidson
- Dimensions
- 122cm by 97cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.25
- Current location
- North Hall
Portrait of Frederick, Prince of Wales, three quarter length, standing wearing robes of state.
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Portrait of George II
Details
- Date
- Early 18th century
- Author / Artist
- After Sir Godfrey Kneller
- Dimensions
- 230cm by 153cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.26
- Current location
- North Hall
Portrait of George II, full length, standing wearing Garter robes.
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Portrait of 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
Portrait of Queen Caroline of Anspach, full length, wearing state robes.
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Portrait of Alice Anne, 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos 1885
Details
- Date
- 1885
- Author / Artist
- Sir Arthur Stockdale Cope
- Dimensions
- 127cm by 81cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.31
- Current location
- Small Drawing Room
Alice Anne, Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos née Montgomery (1847-1931) three-quarter length, wearing a satin and lace dress, holding a fan. A wedding gift to the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, 1885. Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1886, no. 1109.
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Portrait of Alice Anne, 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos 1892
Details
- Date
- 1892
- Author / Artist
- Herbert Sidney
- Dimensions
- 234cm by 135cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.32
- Current location
- Small Drawing Room
Portrait of Alice Anne, 3rd Duchess of Buckingham and Chandos, full length, standing wearing a white lace dress and a fur trimmed red robe, signed Herbert Sidney 1892.
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Portrait of Richard, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
Details
- Date
- 1888
- Author / Artist
- Alice Anne, 2nd Wife of the 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos
- Dimensions
- 127cm by 81cm
- Material
- Oil on Canvas
- Catalogue number
- SS.33
- Current location
- Small Drawing Room
Portrait of Richard, 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos (1813-89) is wearing the Knight Commander’s badge, chain and star of the Most Eminent Order of the Indian Empire. He served as Governor of Madras 1865-70.