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A Visit to Chatsworth Part Two: The Interiors
Yesterday we toured around the grounds of Chatsworth House in Derbyshire, the home of the Duke of Devonshire. Today we shall visit the interiors,and ever mindful of the maxim that a picture is worth...
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An Addition to Yesterday’s Chatsworth Post
Like the idiot I can sometimes be, I forgot to inlcude images of The Veiled Vestal Virgin in yesterday’s Chatsworth Interiors post. She used to reside in the Sculpture Gallery and that is of course...
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Guest Post for Austenprose’s Group Read of Pride and Prejudice Without...
Laurel of Austenprose has kindly asked me to contribute some posts for her Pride and Prejudice Without Zombies Group Read. Today I am writing about Country House Tourism in the early 19th century,and...
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The Chatsworth Attic Sale
Following on from the Althrop Attic Sale held at Christie’s earlier in the year, the Chatsworth Attic Sale is now confirmed to take place between the 5th and 7th October at Sotheby’s in London....
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Book Review The Chatsworth Attic Sale: The Catalogue
The catalogue to the Chatsworth Attic sale ,which I wrote about previously here, and which is to be held at Sothebys in London on the 5th -7th October landed on my doormat with a satisfyingly heavy...
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Chatsworth Attic Sale Video
I thought you all might enjoy seeing this video about the items on at Chatsworth…Go here to view it. Filed under: Chatsworth, Chatswoth Attic sale, Country House Visiting/Tourism
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On-line Catalogues for the Chatsworth and Ashdown Attic Sales
I thought you might like to take a look at the e-catalogues for the Chatsworth and Ashdown Attic sales, both houses having connections to Jane Austen as I explained in my posts here (Chatsworth) and...
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The Chatsworth Attic Sale: Some Results
The interim results are in – and yes- once again the country house sale effect has resulted in massively inflated prices. The sale was expected to realise a total of £2.5 million from 20,000 lots. On...
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The Chatsworth Action Sale-What Someone Bought for Us…..
Sue S commented ruefully yesterday on this post here, that not many ordinary people would have been able to purchase items for the Chatsworth sale due to the vastly inflated prices the lots realised....
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Chariots, Livery and Chatsworth: A Diamond Jubilee Exhibition
Chatsworth House and the Emperor Fountain ©Austenonly It has been a pleasure to visit country houses this Diamond Jubilee Year, for most I have visited have celebrated the Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen...
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