The coronet of William, Earl of Stamford, c1902
The grand piano in the games room
Swallows in the Orangery
And flying around collecting insects for their young.
A House Martin on a painting of a ‘Pug at Dunham Massey’ by Leonard Knyff (1650 - 1721).
Some of the magnificent collection of silver.
Henry Danvers, Earl of Danby by Sir Anthony van Dyck (22 March 1599 – 9 December 1641), a Flemish Baroque artist who became the leading court painter in England. He is most famous for his portraits of King Charles I of England and Scotland and his family and court. With the partial exception of Holbein, van Dyck and his exact contemporary Velázquez were the first painters of pre-eminent talent to work mainly as Court portraitists.
The Third Earl of Stamford by Sir Joshua Reynolds RA FRS FRSA (16 July 1723 – 23 February 1792), first President of the Royal Academy of Arts.
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