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The travails and perils of finding a home. In the case of the Duke of Wellington, it took on palatial magnitude. Poor chap. All he really wanted was a little place in the country to relax and hunt. But to … Continue reading
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Tagged Apsley House, battle of waterloo, Benjamin Dean Wyatt, Blenheim palace, Duke of Wellington, Fonthill Abbey, John Ruskin, John Soane architect, Kitty marion, Lady Jane Wellesley, Mrs. Arbuthnot, Peter Snow Duke of Wellington, Peter Snow Journalist, Robert Smirke, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Stratfield Saye, Walmer Castle, Wellington and Copenhagen, William Beckford, William Beckford Vathek, William Hazlitt
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house hunters
The Duke of Wellington’s prospects seemed pretty flat. The greatest war hero in English history, the Wonder of Waterloo could not dind a ducal home and the money was there from the Parliament. Lots of it, to create “a lasting … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, Benjamin Dean Wyatt, Duke of Wellington, Fonthill Abbey, Fonthill Splendens, Frederick Lamb, Harriette Wilson courtesan, John Rutter, John Soane, Lord Douro Wellington's son, Lord Francis Leveson-Gower, Lord Rivers Stratfield Saye, Robert Smirke, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Stratfield Saye, William Beckford, William Hazlitt
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house hunting troubles?
The Duke of Wellington’s search for a palace. So you think you’re having house hunting troubles? Then consider the woes of Britain’s greatest hero. All he wanted was a little place in the country to stretch out… The public of … Continue reading
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Tagged Arthur Wellesley Duke of Wellington, Benjamin Dean Wyatt, Duke of Wellington, George Cruikshank, John Soane, Lord Egremont, Lord Radnor, Luton Hoo Lady Salisbury, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Marquess of Bute, Mr. Clarke Jervoise, Robert Smirke, Sir George Bowyer, Sir Robert Walpole, Wellington Congress of Vienna, William Heath
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REGAL MORTGAGE CRISIS: Princely Bling
This is the era of the Napoleonic Wars, of the Battle of Waterloo and the Battle of Trafalgar, and the Duke of Wellington and Admiral Nelson. The waltz was a scandalous new dance craze, and stylish women cropped their hair … Continue reading
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Tagged Admiral Nelson, Alan Bennett, Byron, Charles James Fox, Dorothy Marshall, Duke of Wellington, Francis Willis, George Cruikshank, Gillray, Henry Holland, Humphrey Repton, James Gillray, Jeremy Black, John Nash, King George III, Lord Byron, Mrs. Fitzherbert, Prince George, Prince Regent George IV, Regency Crisis, Robert Cruikshank, S.P. Cockerell, Sir Walter Scott, Stephen Schieff, Thomas Rowlandson, William Hogarth, William Porden
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BRONZE SCULPTURE: ALCHEMIST CONSOLATION PRIZE
The Gates of Hell on which Auguste Rodin worked for two decades,is presently among twenty bronzes outside in the Sculpture Garden of the Cantor Arts Center at Stanford University. Designed by Robert Mittelstadt, the concept seeks to evoke the spirit … Continue reading
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Tagged Alberto Giacometti, Auguste Renoir, Auguste Rodin, Benvenuto Cellini, Bernini, Bronze horse overture, bronze sculpture, Cantor Arts Center, Daumier, Degas, Donatello, Donatello Sculpture, Duke of Wellington, Edgar Degas, Gericault, Henri Matisse, Henry Moore, Leonardo Da Vinci, maillol, Marino Marini, Matthew Cotes Wyatt, Michelangelo, Michelangelo Buonarroti, Pablo Picasso, Renoir, Robert Mittelstadt, Sir John Madejski, Violet Shinbach
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