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Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections

English

By (author): Richard Buccleuch

In this sumptuous portrait of the house known as the English Versailles, the Duke of Buccleuch sets the scene with a history of his ancestors, the Montagus of Boughton, who acquired the manor in Northamptonshire in the reign of Henry VIII. Ralph, 1st Duke of Montagu (16381709), Charles IIs envoy to Louis XIV, transformed Boughton into a palatial homage to French culture. His son John, the 2nd Duke, was noted for planting long avenues, a love of heraldry, a fondness for practical jokes and the ancient lion he nursed in one of the courtyards.

The book showcases Boughtons magnificent painted ceilings, tapestries and Sèvres porcelain. The celebrated art collection also includes striking portraits of Elizabeth I, Charles II and his son the Duke of Monmouth, another Buccleuch ancestor. Van Dycks friends and contemporaries cluster in the Drawing Room in dozen of grisailles. Most eye-catching of all is the portrait of Shakespeares muses, the Early and Countess of Southampton. A grand tour takes in the French-inspired façade, the formal State Rooms and the Tudor Great Hall, with their painted ceilings, flamboyant French furniture and the oldest dated carpet in Europe before moving to the park, with its avenues of soaring limes, network of lakes, and dramatic new sunken pool. See more
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Product Details
  • Weight: 1063g
  • Dimensions: 240 x 240mm
  • Publication Date: 16 Apr 2022
  • Publisher: Caique Publishing Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9780995756663

About Richard Buccleuch

Richard 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry is responsible for his familys historic art collections and houses including Drumlanrig Castle and Bowhill in Scotland and Boughton House in Northamptonshire. Author of books about each of them he works widely in the heritage field and was for ten years President of the National Trust for Scotland. He is currently a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and President of the Georgian Group.

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