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