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Spa report; Amida Spa, Hampton.
The Daily Mail (London, England)
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January 24, 2005
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 "Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)")
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Plaster master creates an air of opulence ; When he built his home in the 17th century, the great baroque painter Sir James Thornhill created a drawing of what he would like to see adorning the ceiling of his grand stairwell.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...century, the great baroque painter Sir James Thornhill created a drawing of what he would...masterpieces worthy of the Grade II listed Thornhill Park in Dorset, and indeed any...the scale that we did it." Sir James's original sketch is incorporated...
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Attacking Picasso wasn't a good idea ART School of Genius By James Fenton ROYAL ACADEMY pounds 35 pounds 32 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...school of genius", which makes James Fenton's title for his history...in Great Queen Street. When Sir James Thornhill became the boss he moved to his...Haydon and the contumacious Irishman James Barry. He is also unsparing in...
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 "The Mail on Sunday (London, England)")
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Our restoration drama... now Queen Anne's home could be yours to rent.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
; Byline: CLARE SMALES Thornhill House in Putney should...Rufus Sewell. Designed by Sir Christopher Wren, the...murals painted by Sir James Thornhill, a fashionable artist...at Hampton Court, Sir James Thornhill was father...
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 "Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)")
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The pounds10 million bargain ; As the housing market slumps, one estate agent is celebrating bucking the trend having sold a property for pounds10 million.
Newspaper article from: Western Daily Press (Bristol UK)
; ...for pounds10 million. Thornhill Park, in Blackmore Vale...which was once home to Sir Walter Raleigh, has...buyer. The history of Thornhill is rich. In the 1720s...completely renovated by Sir James Thornhill, William Hogarth's...
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Rule Britannia? History painting in 18th-century Britain.(Cover Story)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...branch'. Some years earlier, James Ralph, a prominent writer for...published in the Weekly Register: `Sir James Thornhill and Mr Hogarth are, almost the...Few English-born painters - Sir James Thornhill who died in 1734 is the...
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National Trust acquisitions 2003-2004: Christopher Rowell reviews a year which saw many major successes achieved by the National Trust's policy of acquiring indigenous contents for its houses--but also a few significant losses.
Magazine article from: Apollo
; ...Cambridgeshire Charles Bridgeman by Sir James Thornhill (1675-1734), c. 1730. Pencil...Christie's. This portrait drawing by Thornhill of the landscape gardener Charles...Alastair Laing, Gerry McQuillan, James Miller, Ric
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...Gassmann, composer, 1729; Sir Thomas Lawrence, portrait...1929. Deaths: Sir James Thornhill, historical painter...Gleyre, painter, 1874; James Grant, novelist and historian...Harraden, novelist, 1936; James Branch Cabell, novelist...
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Hogarth: All human life is here ; For the critic William Hazlitt, Shakespeare was Hogarth's only rival as a portrayer of both the sublime and ridiculous. Tom Rosenthal previews next month's Tate Britain retrospective of this most English of artists
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday
; ...his marriage to the daughter of Sir James Thornhill - reputedly by elopement - considerably advanced his career. Thornhill was the best known and most successful...of William Kent. He deprived Thornhill of several important commissions...
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Stately home with links to literary giants goes on sale for pounds3m ; An historic stately home that once hosted writers Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray went on sale yesterday for offers of about pounds3 million.
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...House, which also features a mural by court painter Sir James Thornhill, has a Tudor wing built some time after 1570 but...of the house is the hallway mural painted by Sir James Thornhill, whose more notable work includes the dome of St...
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Great expectations thwarted
Newspaper article from: Western Morning News, The Plymouth (UK)
; ...House, which also features a mural by court painter Sir James Thornhill, has a Tudor wing built some time after 1570 but...of the house is the hallway mural painted by Sir James Thornhill, whose more notable work includes the dome of St...
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