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4 days ago · Under the date of the 25th of November 1721 the Minutes of the Directors' Meeting contain the following note: "Humphrey Bowen the Gardener delivered in a Bill of Plants and other things supplyed to the Garden of the Queens house between Nov r. 1717 and Dec r. 1718 amounting to £42: 18: 04; It was resolved that £10 shall be abated from the ...
5 days ago · Queen's House is the second house in point of size in Cheyne Walk, but although it has 10 feet less in frontage than No. 6, and has not enjoyed the same immunity from change, its design is more striking and original, and its features excite more interest in the eyes of the artist and connoisseur.
5 days ago · 1. Bodine Castle, Long Island City. This fantastical castle has inspired fantastical backstories. It was rumored that it was built by a fleeing French nobleman or that it was the headquarters of a ...
5 days ago · Plate 4: Chimney-piece in drawing room, Walpole House: 4 : Plate 5: Lead cistern, Walpole House: 5 : Plate 6: Garden buildings, Walpole House: 6 : Plate 7: Gough House from Paradise Row: 7 : Plate 8: Gough House from the river, 1720: 8 : Plate 9: Gough House (The Victoria Hospital for Children), 1908: 9
3 days ago · Intelligent, athletic, and culturally sophisticated, he was initially quite taken with his bride Catherine of Aragon, the daughter of the famed Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. However, after nearly 24 years of marriage, Catherine had failed to provide Henry with his deepest desire – a male heir to secure the Tudor dynasty.
5 days ago · Buckingham Palace, palace and London residence of the British sovereign. It is situated within the borough of Westminster. The palace takes its name from the house built (c. 1705) for John Sheffield, duke of Buckingham. It was bought in 1762 by George III for his wife, Queen Charlotte, and became.
2 days ago · Eleanor of Aquitaine (French: Aliénor d'Aquitaine, Éléonore d'Aquitaine, Occitan: Alienòr d'Aquitània, pronounced [aljeˈnɔɾ dakiˈtanjɔ], Latin: Helienordis, Alienorde or Alianor; c. 1124 – 1 April 1204) was Duchess of Aquitaine in her own right from 1137 to 1204, Queen of France from 1137 to 1152 as the wife of King Louis VII, and Queen of England from 1154 to 1189 as the wife of ...
