Longford Castle: The Treasures and the Collectors

Synopsis

Longford Castle Is A Fine Elizabethan Country House, Home To A World-class Collection Of Art Built Up In The Eighteenth And Nineteenth Centuries By The Bouverie Family And Still Owned Today By Their Descendants. Until Now, It Has Been Relatively Less Known Amongst The Pantheon Of English Country Houses. It Explores The Acquisition And Commission Of Works Of Art From Holbein's Erasmus And The Ambassadors, To Exquisite Landscapes By Claude And Poussin, And Family Portraits By Thomas Gainsborough And Sir Joshua Reynolds. It Explores How Longford, An Unusual Triangular-shaped Castle That Inspired Sir Philip Sidney's Arcadia And Disney's The Princess Diaries, Was Decorated And Furnished To House These Works Of Fine Art. The Book Brings The Story Up To The Present Day, With An Introduction And Conclusion By The Current Owner, The 9th Earl Of Radnor, Himself A Keen Collector Of Art, To Celebrate This Remarkable House And Collection.-- Foreword / Sir Nicholas Penny -- Introduction / 9th Earl Of Radnor -- Early History Of Longford Castle And The Bouverie Family -- Jacob Bouverie, 1st Viscount Folkestone -- William Bouverie, 1st Earl Of Radnor -- Jacob Pleydell-bouverie, 2nd Earl Of Radnor -- The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries -- Conclusion : The Twentieth Century Until Now / 9th Earl Of Radnor. Amelia Smith ; With A Foreword By Sir Nicholas Penny. Illustrations On Lining-papers. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 186-194) And Index.