More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories (1902)
Malan, Alfred Henry, comp · New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine · leaf 54
88. The adjoining room is a sort of State Drawing-room, con-taining two Gainsboroughs (the second Earl of Buckinghamshireand his Countess), and a large piece of tapestry, in the highestrelief, presented by the Empress Catharine to that Earl when hewas Ambassador at St. Petersburg. Here, in a… … 23 24 Blicfclino 1ball and flimsy, with flowers thereon worked by hand ; the toilet-case (showing small relief portraits of Henry VIII. and AnneBoleyn), with mirror, brushes, combs, depilatories, unguentarium,etc. ; a sort of morning-gown or dressing-gown, and a set ofnightcaps. The latter seem…
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