Monday, August 26, 2013

Nostell Priory, 2

His lord- and lady-ship in the library; note the bust (in the painting and on the wall














Moving right along to the game room, here is an 18th century billiard table;
most everything we've seen heretofore is the far more substantial 19th century
version

















And here is the clock made by a very young John Harrison...
but it's not this clock for which he is possibly the most famous
of clock-makers...





















Even with its nearly all-wooden mechanism; no, as a clock-
maker, Harrison spent most of his life trying to solve the problem
of  longitude, that is, measuring it, while at sea; what was needed
was a super-accurate clock or watch, accurate despite the
vicissitudes of temperature, barometric pressure, the pitching and
yawing of the craft, etc. After numerous designs, attempts, trials,
etc., he succeeded, winning the recognition (and prize) of King,
Parliament, and the royal maritime board; and history



























Up in the bedrooms now














And Guido Reni














Well-worn servants' stairs


















"You rang, sir?" episode #5,732














Alas, impossible to get a good photo of perhaps the best
doll-house yet















One room, lens stuck right up onto the glass; incredible














Enlarge, read, and edify yourself: Chippendale the artist, craftsman, and marketeer,
making a catalog to circulate among the elites, defining a market, etc. 















Sample pages from the Director catalog














Rose garden














Walled garden














Kiddie garden














All that's left of the Priory














On the grounds, a man having fun

1 comment:

Tawana said...

I read a lot of books set in the Regency and Georgian periods and am just amazed at the fact that people...actually a LOT of people lived like this.