LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
Reading edition
JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 3RD DUKE OF DORSET. From the portrait at Knole by GAINSBOROUGH Frontispiece
NORTH-EAST VIEW OF KNOLE. From the drawing by T. BRIDGEMAN To face page 2
THE GREEN COURT, BOURCHIER’S ORIEL 6
THE STONE COURT, BOURCHIER’S GATEHOUSE 10
THE STONE COURT 16
KNOLE FROM AN AEROPLANE 20
THE GARDEN SIDE 22
A GATEWAY INTO THE GARDEN 26
A CONFERENCE OF ENGLISH AND SPANISH PLENIPOTENTIARIES AT SOMERSET HOUSE IN 1604. From the painting by MARC GHEERHARDTS in the National Portrait Gallery 32
LEAD PIPE-HEADS. Put Up by THOMAS SACKVILLE in 1605 38
THE GREAT STAIRCASE (UPPER FLIGHT). Built by THOMAS SACKVILLE 1604–8 46
RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3RD EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the miniature by ISAAC OLIVER in the Victoria and Albert Museum 52
LADY ANNE CLIFFORD, wife of RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3rd Earl of Dorset. From the portrait at Knole by MYTENS 56
LADY MARGARET SACKVILLE, daughter to RICHARD SACKVILLE, 3rd Earl of Dorset, and LADY ANNE CLIFFORD: “The Child.” From the portrait at Knole by MYTENS 68
THE VENETIAN AMBASSADOR’S BEDROOM 72
EDWARD SACKVILLE, 4TH EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the portrait at Knole by VANDYCK 84
THE TWO SONS OF EDWARD, 4TH EARL OF DORSET: RICHARD, LORD BUCKHURST and THE HON. EDWARD SACKVILLE. From the portrait at Knole by CORNELIUS NUIE 106
CHARLES SACKVILLE, 6TH EARL OF DORSET, K.G. From the portrait by Sir GODFREY KNELLER in the Poets’ Parlour at Knole 116
THE BROWN GALLERY. Built by ARCHBISHOP BOURCHIER in 1460 148
xviLADY BETTY GERMAINE. From the portrait at Knole by C. PHILLIPS To face page 168
LADY BETTY GERMAINE’S BEDROOM AT KNOLE 172
HWANG-A-TUNG, A CHINESE BOY, page to the 3rd Duke of Dorset. From the portrait at Knole by Sir JOSHUA REYNOLDS 192
JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 3RD EARL OF DORSET; ARABELLA DIANA, 3RD DUCHESS OF DORSET; THE EARL OF MIDDLESEX; LADY ELIZABETH SACKVILLE, and LADY MARY SACKVILLE. From a silhouette by A. T. TERSTAN 1797. The property of LADY SACKVILLE 196
GEORGE JOHN FREDERICK SACKVILLE, 4TH EARL OF DORSET; LADY MARY SACKVILLE, and LADY ELIZABETH SACKVILLE. From the portrait at Knole by HOPPNER 204
ROCKING-HORSE, once the property of the 4th Duke of Dorset: A RECEIPT from GAINSBOROUGH 208
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