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The National Trust's largest painting and sculpture collection, illustrated with stunning photography from their own picture library. this vast late 17th-century mansion is set in a beautiful 700-acre deer park in West Sussex, landscaped by 'Capability' Brown and immortalised in turner's paintings. the house contains the National trust's finest collection of pictures, with numerous works by turner, Van Dyck, Reynolds and Blake, ancient and Neo-classical sculpture, fine furniture and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. the servants' quarters contain fascinating kitchens (including a copper batterie de cuisine of more than 1,000 pieces) and other service rooms.PEtWORtH is the second title in a new series of guidebooks published for the National trust, featuring some of its most important, popular and prestigious properties. the National trust is one of the largest landowners in the UK. It protects and opens to the public over 350 historic houses, gardens and ancient monuments throughout England, Wales and Northern Ireland.With stunning new photography and authoritative text, PEtWORtH explores and celebrates the art, architecture and history of one of the National trust's greatest properties.Product Identifiers
PublisherPavilion Books
ISBN-139780707804200
eBay Product ID (ePID)111710018
Product Key Features
Book TitlePetworth: the People and the Place
AuthorChristopher Rowell
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2012
GenreHistory
Dimensions
Item Height274mm
Item Width196mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorChristopher Rowell
Series TitleNational Trust History & Heritage
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom