Enlightened Eclecticism. The Grand Design of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland.  

by Adriano Aymonino

published by Yale University Press, 2021

400 pages, 285 colour illustrations. Hardback. 29 x 25cms.

Examining four houses refurbished by Sir Hugh Smithson (1712-86) and Lady Elizabeth Seymour Percy (1716-76), under the patronage of the 1st Duke and Duchess of Northumberland, in eclectic architectural styles: Stanwick Hall, Northumberland House, Syon House, and Alnwick Castle. Discussing the objects they collected, their funerary monuments and their persistent engagement in Georgian London's public sphere. Their taste for styles as varied as Palladianism, rococo, neoclassicism, and Gothic revival sheds light on the eclecticism of Georgian Britain, the emergence of neoclassicism, and the cultures of the Grand Tour and the Enlightenment. 

Ref: 121052

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