#Chatsworth House visit

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Embark on a journey through Derbyshire with our guide to 20 must-visit historic and scenic sites. From Chatsworth House's grandeur to the quaint charm of Bakewell, discover diverse attractions that showcase the county's rich history and natural beauty. Whether you're a history enthusiast or nature lover, Derbyshire offers a wealth of experiences that promise memorable adventures.

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hi hi i went on a mini trip the last couple days to visit chatsworth house, pemberley in the 2005 adaptations of pride and prejudice ⭐️💗 it was a magical day

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In light of all the horrid stuff going on in this country lately, I would just like to remind everyone that england isn’t a totally terrible place!!

This country is full of beautiful architecture, art, literature, and natural beauties that are sometimes hard to believe are real.

This is the Major Oak of Sherwood Forest, and is estimated to be as much as 1100 years old!! It is estimated at 23 tons, and is 33 feet in girth/10 metres. According to local folklore, it is the tree where Robin Hood and his merry men slept when in the forest.

This is Durdle Door, in Dorset. It’s a natural limestone formation on the jurrassic coast, which was deemed “of such international geographic importance” that it was England’s first foray natural World Heritage site with UNESCO in 2001, joining the Grand Canyon and the Great Barrier Reef (visit-dorset.com)

As for architecture, we have the iconic Highclere Castle

Most well known for its use in iconic historical drama Downton Abbey, first written records of the Highclere estate date back to the year 749 when the estate was granted to the bishops of Winchester. In the late 14th century the bishop of Winchester William of Wykeham built himself a palace on the property, and was taken by Edward VI during the reformation in 1551. It was then granted to the Fitzwilliam family, rebuilt in 1679 by then owner Sir Robert Sawyer, who then bequeathed it to his daughter Margaret, first wife to the 8th earl of Pembroke, Thomas herbert, and it remains in the hands of the Herbert family to date, albeit the branch that resulted in the current Earl of Carnarvon. It was redesigned in the years 1842-49 to the facade we know today. (Quick side note, I am directly related to the herbert family through my great grandfather, so carnarvon I’m coming for you watch out)

We also have of course, the ever iconic Chatsworth house

IYKYK. Jk this incredible house is most well known for its use as Pemberley, the Derbyshire residence of Mr Darcy in the 2005 production of Pride and Prejudice (the best film ever made thank you very much).

The Manor of Chetesuorde is listed in the Domesday Book of 1086 as property of the crown in the custody of William de Peverel. Chatsworth ceased to be a large estate until the 15th century when it was purchased by the Leche family. They enclosed the first park and built a house on what is now the south east part of the gardens. The lands were sold in 1549 to Sir William Cavendish, husband of Bess of Hardwick (who was the “keeper” of Mary Queen of Scots while imprisoned. Also apparently her grandson married ANOTHER of my ancestors so I’m related to her too?? What the fuck I need to stop learning family history on the fly). Bess began to build her own home on the property from 1553 to the 1560s.

The home was renovated a truly mindboggling amount of times, as is the amount of times it changed hands. So I’ll keep it simple. A great number of important changes were made by the 4th duke of Devonshire, greatly changing the layout of the home. His son would marry Georgiana Spencer, 4 times great aunt of princess Diana (and YET ANOTHER RELATIVE OF MINE! From another branch of the family!! I need to call my mother. And update my ancestry.com).

In 1811 the 6th duke of Devonshire inherited Chatsworth, and proceeded to transform it into the wonderful beacon of regency romance we know and adore today over the course of his stewardship over the property.

These are only four incredible natural and historical landmarks in England. There are so many more that I could spend 3 life times researching!! (And so many more that have nothing to do with my family history, I promise. Swear I wasn’t doing this on purpose lmao)

This country can be a fucking nightmare, but it’s also a beautiful country with incredible sights and history, and I think we do ourselves a disservice when we forget that. It’s okay to love England (I fucking adore this country you have no idea, wouldn’t be running a blog if I didn’t!), you aren’t a bad person or supporting the bad shit we’ve done if you are proud of being English.

Because don’t get me wrong this country has perpetrated some of the worst shit in history, but we’ve also contributed some of the most important literature and scientific discoveries ever!!

Mary Anning revolutionised the field of paleontology!! Mary Shelley started the entire sci fi genre. Steven hawkin, Charles Darwin, Dorothy Hodgkin and Rosalind franklin discovered DNA! Isaac Newton, William Blake, John Keats, Byron, Alan Turing, Branwell, Charlotte, Emily, and Anne bronte, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, John Everett Millais, John William Waterhouse, to name a few merely off the top of my head!

England can be a wonderful place, and our heritage can be incredible and a legacy to be truly proud of. It would not do to forget, however, that a lot of our history would not have been possible without queer and ethnic minority groups. We all know a good deal of English wealth came from the slave trade, female scientists and artists often had credit for their work stripped from them and given to husbands or even strangers, and a good number of our most influential scientists and artists were very notably queer who were treated incredibly poorly and sometimes killed, and these are facts that can and do exist simultaneously.

Our heritage is wonderful, but it is still being made today. Things that we do now will be landmark events for our descendants, and it is our duty to do better for this country than our ancestors.

[theduchessgeorgiana]

Trip to Chatsworth House

Today I was able to visit Chatsworth House to conduct more research surrounding my project. I decided that I would go and take photos as well as asking the tour guides for extra information that could be useful to me during unit 3.

Although it was quite a dismal day, due to the weather, I felt it quite elevated the beauty of the Chatsworth gardens, and I especially enjoyed the inside of the house as it was everything I had hoped it would be. The Georgian decorations within the house were truly beautiful.

Here are some of the photos I was able to take and that I will be printing off to use in my sketchbook;

I was also able to view the portrait of Georgiana which I was really looking forward to seeing in person.

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Visited Chatsworth House at Christmas, I would highly recommend a visit to anyone. These are some of my favourites of the extra shots of the gardens before it got dark.

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The Grotto

The Grotto is built of massive boulders and contains a rectangular room decorated with stalactites (unfortunately this is not open to visitors); this is surmounted by a rustic timber bandstand with a conical slate roof.

The Grotto Pond was probably constructed at a similar time to Morton’s Pond (1700) and was designed to supply the new Canal Pond.

In 1992 the overflow from the stream leaving the Grotto Pond was turned into a water feature, the ‘Trough Waterfall’, using a series of stone drinking troughs gathered from the nearby fields and farm steadings.

Originally, Morton Pond was called the Great Fountain Pond referring to its function as the supply pond for the 1st Duke’s Great Fountain in the Canal Pond. When the Emperor Fountain was constructed, the pipe from Morton Pond to the 1st Duke’s Great Fountain became defunct, but still exists. Duchess Deborah describes Morton Pond as ‘the least known place in the garden where you can sit alone by the water on the on the busiest Bank Holiday’.

The Drummer (1989-90) by Barry Flanagan is situated at the north end of the Grotto Pond and was acquired by the present Duke and Duchess to commemorate their coming to live at Chatsworth in 2006.

Chatsworth. (2023). Grotto House, Grotto Pond & Morton Pond. [Online]. Chatsworth House. Last Updated: 2023. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/garden/history-of-the-garden/early-gar [Accessed 9 August 2023].

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Prince Alexander George Philip of Wales. Born in 1984 (Diana and Charles Married in 1983 instead of 1981) 2nd in line to the british throne. After his father HRH The Prince of Wales b. 1948 and grandmother Her Majesty The Queen b. 1926.

He is the eldest son of Prince Charles and Diana, Princess Of Wales (Passed away in 2000)

He has two siblings Prince William b. 1985 and Prince Henry b. 1987. (Harry)

Alexander was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. He was educated at Wetherby School, Ludgrove School and Eton College. He earned a Master of Science degree in Engineering at the University of Cambridge in 2007.

After university, Alexander trained at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst prior to serving with the Blues and Royals. In 2009 Alexander graduated from the Royal Air Force College Cranwell, joining the RAF Search and Rescue Force in early 2010.

Alexander performs official duties and engagements on behalf of the monarch since 2007 even though he’s not a full-time working royal yet.

He holds patronage with over 10 charitable and military organisations, including

- Tusk Trust: An African conservation charity, based in UK.

- NHS Charities Together: NHS Charities Together is the membership organisation for more than 240 of the NHS charities across the U.K. It provides a forum for nationwide campaigns; specialist advice and guidance; bespoke events and training opportunities.

- London International Youth Science Forum: To empower young people from all backgrounds to pursue their potential in science and engineering.

- Practical Action: Helps rural people in developing countries to help themselves through skills and technology.

- RedR UK: Charity providing trained engineers to relief agencies after humanitarian disasters.

- Institute of Advanced Motorists: An independent organisation working for responsible motoring and road safety research.

- Aerospace Bristol: Aerospace Bristol will be a new, £18.6m, nine-acre museum at Bristol Filton Airfield which will trace the pioneering stories of innovation over the last century to include the future of air and space travel.

- Ambition: Voluntary organistaion providing sporting, creative and training opportunities for young people.

- Care for Veterans: Provides residential nursing care, rehabilitation, respite and end of life care to physically disabled ex-Service personnel and their families.

- Welsh Rugby Union: Sporting association for rugby in Wales.

At the age of 21, Alexander was appointed a Counsellor of State; he first served in that capacity when the Queen attended the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in the same year. In July 2007, he embarked on his first solo public engagements on an overseas tour of New Zealand, travelling to participate in World War II commemorations. According to author Tina Brown, he had, like his father, expressed a desire to become Governor-General of Australia. In 2011, the Queen set up a private office for Alexander, William and Harry with David Manning as their adviser. Manning accompanied Alexander on his first official tour in January 2011 as he toured Auckland and Wellington; Alexander opened the new building of the Supreme Court of New Zealand and was welcomed by a Māori chief. The visit spurred crowds of "many thousands", with positive public reception compared to that of his mother's 1985 tour.

Upon graduation from university, Alexander interned in land management at Chatsworth House and in banking at HSBC. To prepare for his eventual management of the Duchy of Cornwall.

He’s been very private about his relationships and has been linked to multiple woman countless of times even if there’s been zero evidence. He’s a very private person and has a tight knit group of friends. If he hears that you may have been talking, he will cut you off. He definitely doesn’t like the fact that his business is out there for everyone to see.

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A Veiled Vestal Virgin

The 6th Duke of Devonshire visited the sculptor's studio in Milan, Italy, on 12 October 1846 on his way to Naples. He ordered the marble sculpture on 18 October, placing a £60 deposit on the following day. The sculpture was ready to be dispatched to England in April 1847, and the Duke appears to have displayed it in Chiswick House, west of London.

It first came to Chatsworth in 1999 and was shown in the Sculpture Gallery where it appeared in the 2005 film 'Pride and Prejudice', starring Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen.

In Ancient Rome, the Vestals were virgin priestesses whose lives were dedicated to the goddess Vesta. They were tasked to look after the sacred fire burning on her altar in the temple of Vesta, and were regarded as fundamental to the safety of Rome. The discovery of a "House of the Vestals" in Pompeii in the 18th century made Vestals a popular subject matter in art over the following 50 years.

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Veiled Vestal Virgin

The Veiled Lady is a sculpture that was created in 1847 by Rafaelle Monti (when the sculpture was also knows as " the bride", and was then sculpted again in 1999 by Giovanni Maria Benzoni. The statue made in 1999 appeared in the famous film 'Pride and Prejudice'. The Veiled Lady is what is know as a Vestal Virgin, where in Roman times, they were priestesses whos lives were dedicated to the goddess Vesta, and had a main task of guarding the sacred flame in the Temple of Vesta. The sculpture was commissioned by William Cavendish when on a trip to Naples.

Privilege and punishment: The vestal virgins in Ancient Rome (no date) Through Eternity Tours. Available at: https://www.througheternity.com/en/blog/history/vestal-virgins-in-ancient-rome.html#:~:text=As%20priestesses%20their%20main%20task,the%20chief%20priest%20as%20punishment. (Accessed: August 2023).

A veiled Vestal virgin (no date) Chatsworth House. Available at: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/art-archives/devonshire-collections/sculpture/a-veiled-vestal-virgin/#:~:text=It%20first%20came%20to%20Chatsworth,dedicated%20to%20the%20goddess%20Vesta. (Accessed: August 2023).

Vestal virgins (2023) Encyclopædia Britannica. Available at: https://www.britannica.com/topic/Vestal-Virgins (Accessed: August 2023).

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House Highlights

Painted Hall

Used to welcome and impress guests, this was the largest and grandest room built by the 1st Duke.

Chapel

This is the least changed room at Chatsworth, the 1st Duke employed the best artists to realise his designs.

State Drawing Room

The second room of the State Apartment, a suite of rooms intended to host a king.

State Bedchamber

One of the most private rooms in the State Apartment, this room was more lavishly decorated than all the others.

Oak Stairs/Leicester Landing

The stairs were created when the 6th Duke added the North Wing. They connected the old part of the house to the new.

Great Dining Room

Built as part of the 6th Duke's renovation, this room is still used for formal dinners.

Sculpture Gallery

Built by the 6th Duke, the gallery contains one of the foremost early 19th century contemporary collections of sculpture.

Harvard Referencing:

CHATSWORTH. (N/A) House highlights. [Online] Available from: https://www.chatsworth.org/visit-chatsworth/chatsworth-estate/house/house-highlights/. [Accessed: 20th June 2023].

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fashion at Chatsworth house through the years

THE EMPRESS’s OF FASHION

Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire 1757-1806

picture painted roughly 1785-1787

if the court of Versailles was the the centre of taste and fashion in the eighteenth century, the court of at James was the ‘residence of fullness’ in the damning phrase of a visiting Prussian dignitary. Rather than the conservative court, English fashion was led by an elite group of conservatives court, English fashion was led by an elite group of aristocratic women in the circle of the prince of wales, who presided over a rival ‘court’ of powerful, pleasure-loving Whigs opposed to the ruling Tory party. Among these titles luminaries one name was Georgina, Duchess of Devonshire. From an early age Georgina was tutored in the art of dress by a mother whose renowned intellect and piety did nothing to dampen her own love of fashion, spending £1,486 on gown, riding habits, shoes, fans, hats and mantles.

confections of feathers, flowers and other ornaments, nestled in sculptures of scent of powder and pomade. The trend began in Paris by Georgina had several of our place in four months in November 1774, her friend Lady Clermont wrote to her from Paris with news of a surprising fashion trend started by Madame de boufflers: “there is no describing her headdress and of all young people they sit at the bottom of their coaches, as I have no room if they sit on the seat”. As she was unable to describe the new headdress, Lady Clermont drew a picture of it in the text of her letter. It was not long before Georgina began wearing similar high feathered coiffures.

Louisa Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 1858-1859

The history of fancy dress goes back many centuries, costumed masked balls were a feature of sixteenth century Italy and were especially popular in Venice, with the custom spreading across Europe. Legend has it that a Swiss count, John James Heidegger introduced public subscription masked balls from Venice to London in the early years of the eighteenth century. The masked balls were held in theatres and assembly rooms, and later in public gardens such as Ranelagh and Vauxhall.

Every season the 8th Duke of Devonshire and his Duchess Louise gave a number of parties and entertainments, including an annual dance the night after the Derby, but Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897 was the perfect opportunity to give the ball of the century. Since fancy dress was all the rage, Louise decided to give her guests plenty of scope for imagination, and stipulated on the invitation that dress should be "allegorical or historical costume before 1815.

Deborah Vivien Cavendish Duchess of Devonshire 1952

Deborah Viven Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire 1952

THE MITFORD STYLE

A photograph of five of the six Mitford sisters taken in the mid-1930s fixed the 'Mitford style' in the public imagination: tweed suit, Fair Isle jumper, a string of pearls and flat, no-nonsense shoes (fig. 108). How ironic that such a conventional style should be associated with such highly unconventional women.Their lives were anything but ordinary; at the time the photograph was taken, they were defying family expectations and scandalising society with their political views.But however little the 'Mitford style' might reveal about the women who wore it, certain of its features nevertheless remained constant in their wardrobes. They favoured clothes that were comfortable, practical, long-lasting and, when they could afford it, expensively but discreetly elegant. 'No one is going to look at you', their nanny drummed into them from a young age, even into Diana, the most beautiful of the sisters, on her wedding day.

the five sisters

Nancy Mitford in her costume for the famous beauties ball at the Dorchester hotel 1931

Married and was raising a family of seven children on never quite enough money, she could not afford many clothes, but those she had were original and exactly right for her.The pretty uniform she designed for her housekeeper and parlour maid was also original: a blue and white Toile-de-Jouy dress in a traditional bird pattern, a white linen apron and an organdy cap threaded with black velvet ribbon. She had a talent for making herself and her surroundings har-monious, and she too made her clothes last. When Jessica was over from America in 1959, she helped her mother pack up her winter clothes and came across a black silk brocade evening dress. "This looks awfully familiar', she said. 'Yes, I should think it does', Sydney replied, 'I got it in 1926 for Pam's coming-out dance.'As a debutante, Nancy went to parties in frocks run up by her mother's retired maid for £1, but she longed for creations from the London dressmakers. Sadly, her husband, Peter Rodd, was feckless and a gambler. But Nancy had natural elegance and looked chic even in homemade or inexpensive outfits.

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Rules: Tag 10(okay maybe less) people you want to get to know better.

Thansk @burningvelvet for tagging me 👋💕

Relationship status: single, reading is taking over my life I got no time to fool around

Favourite colour: hmm probably black since I dyed my hair ginger and realised any other colour looks horrid combined

Song stuck in my head: Cigarette Daydreams by Cage the Elephant. It's just one of those songs that gets me nostalgic over nothing

Last song I listened to: Yesterday by The Beatles. Currently learning to play the piano and that's a song I've always loved (or anything by The Beatles, I'm an oldies fan)

Three favourite foods: noodles, burritos, anything deep-fried

Last Thing(s) I googled: hand reference images since drawing hands will literally bring me to the grave, maybe a partner would be useful after all to become my hand slave model ?

Dream trip: Since I've already done the 'grande tour' through most of Europe I think I'd go to England and visit Newstead Abbey, sadly missed out on that before. Also would go and see Chatsworth House since that's where Pride and Prejudice (2005) was filmed and I adore that movie to an unhealthy amount!!

Tagging @cxnthie, @windsweptinred and @lesbianlordbyron to participate!

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Visited Chatsworth House at Christmas, in a word Stunning. I would highly recommend a visit to anymore, especially at Christmas time. They had a light trail on around the grounds for the festive period, absolutely gorgeous.