The Georgian Landscape of Wentworth Castle, 3rd edition

The Georgian Landscape of Wentworth Castle, 3rd edition

£20.00

NAJ 79/80 (2024). A5 book, 186 pp., 84 illustrations

This 3rd edition is revised and updated with new material that includes two hitherto unpublished bird’s-eye views by Chris Broughton, and fresh insights into the income of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (2nd creation) and the building of the Baroque mansion

For full details, see Description below

 

Description

Illustrations:

  • ~ Catherine AldredChris Broughton (plus Cover), Howard EaglestoneAndrew NaylorMark Stewart, with two hitherto unpublished bird’s-eye views by Chris Broughton.

Texts:

  • ~ Patrick Eyres. Preface (2024) and Introduction to the 2nd edition (2008).
  • Patrick Eyres. The Rivalry between Wentworth Castle and Wentworth Woodhouse, 1695-1750.
  • Michael Charlesworth. Thomas Wentworth’s Monument: the Achievement of Peace [includes the Tory-Stuart and Jacobite iconographies].
  • Jan Woudstra. The Early Eighteenth-Century Wilderness at Stainborough [The Union Jack Gardens].
  • Christopher Margrave. The Early Eighteenth-Century Walled Kitchen Garden at Stainborough.
  • Jane Furse. The Gothick and Picturesque Landscape of William Wentworth.
  • Wendy Frith. ‘Sappho’ and ‘the Speckled Monster’: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Smallpox Inoculation and Eighteenth Century Bodies.
  • ~ Patrick Eyres (2024). APPENDIX. The Income of Thomas Wentworth, 1st Earl of Strafford (2nd creation).