In the grounds just outside the cafeteria, next to the nature centre and planetarium are a number of statues which feature Gods and their related planets. These statues stretched out into the woodlands back to the car park. There was speculation on whether the distances between them was representative to the distances between the planets. [...]
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Gods and Planets
19 Comments CherryPie on Nov 24th 2010
A fascinating painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger has just come up for sale. The National Trust and the Art Fund are campaigning to purchase the picture which dates back to 1602.
The painting shows Christ being taken to Calvary. If you look closely at the image you can see a conflict of eras which is [...]
8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 5th 2010
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Beyond Limits
By way of Statcounter and a Google link I found this blog post which showed a photo of one of the sculptures in the ‘Beyond Limits’ exhibition at Chatsworth. The post included a link to the ArtDaily newsletter which had an interesting article on the exhibition.
I found out a bit more about the sculpture picture [...]
12 Comments CherryPie on Sep 22nd 2010
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100 Photos 38 :: Photo Editing Programs
6 Comments CherryPie on Sep 13th 2010
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Chatsworth – The Kniphausen Hawk
The heirlooms and treasures of Chatsworth are currently on display for the first time and I couldn’t resist taking a photo of this beautiful bejewelled Hawk. It is a ceremonial drinking cup that was made in Germany in 1697 and bought by the 6th Duke in 1819. It stands over 1ft tall and is covered [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Aug 31st 2010
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PhotoHunt – Framed
The guidebook tells me that the first dinner to be held in ‘The Great Dining Room’ at Chatsworth was for the 13-year old Princess Victoria:
It was her first adult dinner and there was a cooked rehearsal the day before. The 6th Duke wrote, “it is like dining in a giant trunk and you expect [...]
27 Comments CherryPie on Aug 27th 2010
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100 Photos 33 :: Butterflies
I know it is a bit of a cheat and I should have made the effort to get a photo of a real butterfly, but I do rather like the effect of the sun glinting off this sculpture.
10 Comments CherryPie on Aug 25th 2010
