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what’s cookin’
…One of the chief concerns of a fashionable lord was to keep a good table, and the key to a good table was a French cook. The cartoon shows the Duke of Newcastle remonstrating with his famous chef, Cloue: “Oh … Continue reading
noble houses: home economics
The noble houses of eighteenth century England… …In themselves, or rather in their titles, these men symbolized great accretions of social and political power as well as wealth. They were heads of great clans of families who had served them … Continue reading
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Tagged Canaletto, Canaletto in England, Duke of Bedford, Jan Siberechts Dutch Artist, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Sandby paintings, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Wentworth Woodhouse, William Kent Architect
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titles and territory
In 1711, young Thomas Pelham-Holles, aged eighteen, succeeded his relative the Duke of Newcastle in estates ( although not in title) and became the possessor of thousands of acres in a dozen counties in England, enjoying a rent-roll of more … Continue reading
Posted in Art History/Antiquity/Anthropology, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion
Tagged Dukes of Bedford, Dukes of Buccleuch, James Macardell artist, John Giles Eccardt, John Wootton paintings, Madame Pickwick, madame pickwick art blog, Paul Sandby paintings, paul sandby watercolor, Sir Robert Walpole, Thomas Pelham-Holles, William Hoare painter, William Hogarth
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