Photographs of interiors and art collections at Knole.
Published / Created:
1889.
Physical Description:
16 photographs : gelatin silver prints ; each approximately 24 x 29 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Photographs
Notes:
A series of 16 photographs depicting interiors of Knole, showing sculptures and busts, tapestries, and numerous paintings alongside the lavish furnishings. The set includes one albumen print (18 x 23 cm) and 15 gelatin silver or collodio-chloride POP prints (each approximately 24 x 29 cm), each of the latter with the blind stamp of "C. Essenhigh Corke" in the lower right corner. Each print is captioned in graphite on the verso. Also present is one other photograph of the interior of the chapel at Ightham Mote, also in Kent.
Contents:
Ball Room -- Ball Room mantlepiece -- The vestibule to Ball Room -- Brown Gallery -- Cartoon Gallery -- Chapel Room (2) -- Crimson Drawing Room (2) -- [Crimson Drawing Room, albumen print, probably earlier than 1889] -- Lady Betty Germain's Dressing Room -- Kings Bedroom -- The Leicester Gallery -- Organ Room -- Venetian Dressing Room -- The Chapel, Ightham Mote, Kent.
Subject Terms:
Knole House (Kent, England) | Knole House (Kent, England) -- Art collections. | Ightham Mote (England) | Sackville family -- Art collections. | Sackville family -- Homes and haunts. | Country homes -- Great Britain. | Interior architecture -- Great Britain. | Interior decoration -- Great Britain. | Architecture, Domestic -- Great Britain. | Art in interior decoration. | Furniture -- Great Britain.