Marble Hill House Gallery

The Countess of Suffolks Bedchamber, Marble Hill House J020052

MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Middlesex. View of Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk's Bedchamber showing the bedstead with green decor and dressing table

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Column, Furniture, Georgian, Green, Interior, Pillar, Wall Paper

Henrietta-Maria and dwarf, Sir Jeffrey Hudson J900214

MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Richmond-upon-Thames, Greater London. "Queen Henrietta Maria and the Dwarf Sir Jeffrey Hudson" after Sir Anthony VAN DYCK (1599-1641). Henrietta-Maria (1609-69) was daughter of Henri IV of France and wife of Charles I of England. Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-82) is recorded to have been only 18 or 19 inches (46cm) tall at the age of 30, unusually with no hint of disproportion or distorted physiognomy. He is later reported to have doubled his height. In 1626 he was served in a pie to the royal couple and soon afterwards entered the service of the queen. After a life of adventures, including military service, a duel, exile, slavery, and imprisonment as a Catholic, his death is unrecorded

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Laroon - Lady and Gentleman J950297

MARBLE HILL HOUSE, Richmond-Upon-Thames. "Lady and Gentleman with a Page" circa 1750-55, by Marcellus LAROON the Younger (1679-1774). Oil on canvas. Probably an unidentified theatrical scene

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Costume, Fashion, Georgian, Painting, Romance