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22-02-14, 10:19
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Not sure Kite......
I find it hard to believe all these paintings were owned by Myles. Who was the Earl Grosvenor? Of course "Blue Boy" may be different to "A Blue Boy" as well. One of the Peiter Neeffs paintings is "Christ Driving the Money Changers out of the Temple" It is in the Seattle Art Gallery. Raphael's The Virgin and Child with St John is in the auction as well. There's lots of portraits. Van Dyck's "Portrait of Prince Eugene" Joshua Reynolds "Portrait of Lady Wynn as St Cecilia" I'm fairly sure the Danby drawings were all kosher as Myles was one of his financial backers apparently.
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22-02-14, 10:27
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22-02-14, 10:35
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Gainsborough's entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography says:
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22-02-14, 10:36
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Ta.....I'll have a read. I probably could have found that myself, but my brain is stuck in this catalogue.
He also had a wax model done by Percy of Charles James Fox, who apparently was a Whig pollie of the era.
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22-02-14, 10:43
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Oh......he also had "Mitchell's Australian Expeditions" 2 vols....which was only written in 1839. Myles died in 1840.
Oddly, that seems rather sad to me. Why on earth wouldn't Lucretia have kept some of these? I wonder if it had anything to do with Myles being a staunch non-con and the Clarks all being staunch C of E??
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22-02-14, 11:56
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I'm off to bed soon....
I'm wondering how big these rooms were.....lol The Drawing room... Rosewood 'Sopha' with bolsters and pillows covered to match the curtains. 14 chairs to match!!! Handsome circular Loo table of fine Amboyna wood. An occasional table to match A large and truly handsome rosewood chiffonier, with plate glass, lined with ruby silk. Two smaller chiffoniers to match Screens to match A rosewood work table A pair of circular tables to match on pillars A splendid semi-grand Piano-Forte, six and a half octave with elegant rosewood case by Stodart A handsome rosewood Canterbury A ditto music stool A pair of ottomans A large chimney glass with richly burnished gilt frame A large bronze central suspended lamp for eight lights. A pair of three light bronzes Plated ink-stand Three sets of Figured Damask Curtains (with all the bits and bobs) Hearth rug Scarlet Druggett to cover carpet. That lot would take my entire house......lol Gosh...I'd love a picture. There was also 31 yards of stair carpet.......!!!!
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22-02-14, 12:20
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Did Lucretia move out of the house, or continue living there on orange boxes?
(When my 2xg-grandmother's home was sold in 1946 there was a massive list of household goods - nothing grand like the list above, but things like 40 linen sheets, twelve pairs of sugar tongs and 24 salt cellars. There hadn't been more than two people living in the seven bedroomed house for over 60 years)
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