Drumlanrig: The Castle, its People and its...

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With its picturesque domes, walls of pale pink sandstone and splendid Dumfriesshire setting, Drumlanrig is one of Scotland's most romantic castles, its story entwined with that of the country itself. Today's castle was superimposed on a medieval Douglas stronghold by the 1st Duke of Queensberry and took a decade to build. Finished in 1689, its North Front is a stunning stage set of dressed stone, classical pilasters and carvings of swags, scrolls and spooky faces. The 2nd Duke, known as 'The Union Duke' for his role in the 1707 Act of Union, added the great oak staircase, while his son created the vast gardens. The 4th Duke, a rakish cousin known as 'Old Q', left it to future Dukes of Buccleuch and Queensberry to rescue the castle and fill it with treasures, including Rembrandt's luminous Old Woman Reading.

Über den Autor

Richard, 10th Duke of Buccleuch and 12th Duke of Queensberry, is responsible for his family's historic art collections and houses, including Drumlanrig Castle and Bowhill in Scotland and Boughton House in Northamptonshire. Author of books about each of them, he works widely in the heritage field and was for ten years President of the National Trust for Scotland. He is currently a trustee of the Royal Collection Trust and President of the Georgian Group.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2022
Genre:	Importe , Kunst
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Architektur
Medium:	Buch
Inhalt:	Gebunden
ISBN-13:	9780995756694
ISBN-10:	0995756694
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Buccleuch, Richard
Kamera:	Schulenburg, Fritz Von Der
Redaktion:	Scott, John Montagu Douglas
Auflage:	3 Enlarged edition
Hersteller:	Caique Publishing Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	244 x 243 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	John Montagu Douglas Scott
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.12.2022
Gewicht:	1,098 kg