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Title: More famous homes of Great Britain and their stories
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Malan, Alfred Henry, comp
Subjects: Historic buildings Country homes Dwellings
Publisher: New York, G.P. Putnam's sons, London, The Pall Mall magazine
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ter,said to be a thousand years old, with synonyms above certainwords, in Anglo-Saxon characters ; Two works of Caxton ; the rare edition of Coverdales Bible,is^s ; the Prayer Book proposed for Scotland; a collection ofnursery rhymes, in Hebrew, based upon the vicissitudes of thegreat nations ; and Aldine publications from 14Q0 to 1590. There is also an old Latin MS. Bible of uncertain date, on apage of which appears the autograph of the Duke of Wellington,1819, and of the Princess of Wales, 1888. 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 cabinet, awayfrom public gaze, are carefully stored some of the effects of AnneBoleyn, recently shown at a Tudor Collection. They consist ofsome long strips of the thinnest gauze or gossamer, delicate, soft,
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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 over-extensive for a small head ; butperhaps they were worn large, like the former straw hats ofthe Norfolk peasantry, as appears from a specimen in the attics,of build as massive as a beehive, and weighing no less than twopounds seven ounces. Grouping for such a photograph is not an unpleasant task :in fact, grouping becomes essential to save time, especially withoil paintings. Thus, in taking the tapestry afore-mentioned —where the smirk on Peter the Greats countenance so aggravat-ingly diverts the eye from the more artistic battle of Pultowa inthe background — quite an array of pictures connected with theHouse could be put together and worked in. Of these, to the right,first comes the Co

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