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Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections (Paperback)
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Boughton: The House, its People and its Collections (Paperback)
Series: The Buccleuch Houses
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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 (1638–1709), Charles II’s 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 Boughton’s
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 Dyck’s friends and contemporaries cluster
in the Drawing Room in dozen of grisailles. Most eye-catching of
all is the portrait of Shakespeare’s 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.
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