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Dining room in the Huntington residence

Description: In the foreground is a table with six chairs around it, on an area rug. Another four chairs are arranged against the wall. The paintings hanging on the wall are all by George Romney: (from left to right) Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Penelope (Rycroft) Lee Acton (1791), and Jeremiah Miles (1780-1783). Above the table is a metal and glass chandelier with electric candles. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room." Stamp on verso reads "Keystone Photo Service, 1231 Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal." This photograph appeared in Pictorial California and the Pacific in November 1930.
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Call number: photCL 107 fld23 (16)
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Dining room in the Huntington residence

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A table with six chairs around it, with three more chairs arranged against the wall. Four women stand in pairs looking at the portraits on the walls. The paintings are, from left to right, George Romney's Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Sir Thomas Lawrence's Emily Anderson: Little red riding hood (circa 1821), and Sir Martin Archer Shee's Frances (Woodis) Borlase, later Frances Grenfell, and Pascoe George Norman Grenfell (circa 1804). MS notes on verso read "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room" and "L.A. Chamber of Commerce."

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Dining room in the Huntington residence

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View shows table and chairs, and the fireplace. Above the fireplace is George Romney's Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789); on the wall next to this is Sir Thomas Lawrence's Emily Anderson: Little Red Riding Hood (circa 1821). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 19 Dining room, Huntington Art Gallery."

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Small drawing room in the Huntington residence

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View of the small drawing room in the Huntington residence, showing fireplace, chandelier, and display cabinet of miniature paintings. Hanging on the wall above the case is Joseph Mallord William Turner's The Grand Canal: scene - a street in Venice (circa 1837). The large portrait reflected in the mirror is Sir Thomas Gainsborough's Elizabeth (Jenks) Beaufoy, later Elizabeth Pycroft (circa 1780). Also reflected but slightly obstructed is Sir Joshua Reynolds' Lavinia (Bingham), Countess Spencer, and John Charles Spencer, Viscount Althorp, later Earl Spencer (1783-1784). MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: small drawing room." Stamp on verso reads "This print is released as a personal courtesy and is not for publication. All syndicate and publication rights reserved. Eyre Powell Press Service."

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Dining room, Patton residence, San Marino

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A view of the dining room in the west end of the Patton residence in San Marino. There is a heavy, oval-shaped wooden table slightly left of center surrounded by four chairs with padded seats. Four more matching chairs are lined up against the wall in the background on either side of a double door. There is a chandelier hanging over the table, a cabinet holding the crystal on the left, a set of shelves holding the large serving dishes on the far left, and a smaller cabinet holding the porcelain on the right.

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Dining room, Patton residence, San Marino

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A view of the dining room in the west end of the Patton residence in San Marino. There is a heavy, oval-shaped wooden table slightly left of center surrounded by four chairs with cushioned seats. Four more matching chairs are lined up against the wall in the background, below a painted portrait of a woman, and in front of a small fireplace. There is a chandelier hanging over the table, a screen decorated with a peacock on the right, and a heavy wooden sideboard on the left.

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Library of the Huntington residence

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A view of the library facing the north wall, showing furniture and tapestries from the 18th century. In the back left is a writing desk and filing cabinet (bureau plat et cartonnier), attributed to Etienne Doirat, are from 1720 to 1732. The settee and chairs belong to the set of two settees and ten chairs whose upholstery covers were woven at Gobelins Manufactory, Paris, probably under the supervision of Jacques Neilson (1714-1788), after design by François Boucher (1703-1770) and Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1733-1755). The covers were woven circa 1779, and the frames are nineteenth century. The screen in the background is a six-panel folding screen (paravent) made at the Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot workshop, Paris, after designs by Alexandre-François Desportes (1661-1743), made between 1719 and 1784; the frame is of a later date. On the right is a writing desk (bureau plat), attributed to the Pagoda Master, made circa 1730. On this desk is a sculpture, Diane chasseresse (Diana the Huntress), made by Jean-Antoine Houdon in 1782. Hanging on the wall on the left is a Beauvais tapestry, "La Pipée aux Oiseaux (The Bird Catchers)." MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: large library room." Stamp on verso reads "This print is released as a personal courtesy and is not for publication. All syndicate and publication rights reserved. Eyre Powell Press Service."

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