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4 de jun. de 2024 · A florilegium, botanical paintings from the collection of Mary Somerset, the first Duchess of Beaufort, goes on show in an exhibition mounted by the current châtelaine of Badminton House.
16 de jun. de 2024 · They're drawn from a collection that began way back in 1703, when Mary Somerset, the first Duchess of Beaufort, commissioned Everard Kik, a Dutch botanical artist, to create a series of paintings showing the extraordinary variety of plants she had grown from seeds sent to her from all over the world.
- Emma Luther
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- Badminton, South Gloucestershire, GL9 1DD
- September 15, 2024
Há 5 dias · Mary Capel Somerset, Duchess of Beaufort (known as the botanist duchess). She collected, identified and classified plants, exotics from around the world as well as natives. She kept them in her Chelsea garden, Beaufort House, and at Badminton in Gloucestershire.
3 de jul. de 2024 · Portrait of Lady Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of Rutland (1756–1831) oil on canvas unframed: 128.3 x 102.4 cm.; 50½ x 40¼ in. framed: 160 x 135 cm.; 63 x 53⅛ in. Condition Report Provenance Probably given by the sitter to her brother, Henry Somerset, 5th Duke of Beaufort (1744–1803);
25 de jun. de 2024 · Margaret Beaufort was the mother of King Henry VII (reigned 1485–1509) of England and founder of St. John’s and Christ’s colleges, Cambridge. Margaret was the daughter and heir of John Beaufort, 1st Duke of Somerset, and great-granddaughter of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster (a son of King Edward.
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Há 5 dias · In 1448–9 Somerset was herald of Edmund Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, but he must have been a royal officer in 1485, when he was the only herald to receive coronation liveries.
16 de jun. de 2024 · A Garden of Botanical Art: Paintings from the collection of Mary Somerset, First Duchess of Beaufort Opening Sunday 8th September, 10.00am-4pm in the North Hall at Badminton House. In 1703 Mary Somerset, the first…
