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Three couples in period costume in the large drawing room in the Huntington residence

Description: Two couples in period costume dancing in the large drawing room, another couple lounge next to the fireplace. On the walls are Joseph Wright of Derby's Young man with cap and gown (circa 1760) and George Romney's Margaret Beckford, later Margaret Orde, and Susan Euphemia Beckford, later Duchess of Hamilton: The Beckford Children (1789-1791). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 39 Drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. On the wall, at right is portrait of the Beckford children by Romney."
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Date: February 1938
Call number: photCL 107 vol13 (39)
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Northwest corner of the large drawing room of the Huntington residence

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View shows fireplace with mirror above it, a cabinet, and a desk. The paintings on the walls are George Romney's Margaret Beckford, later Margaret Orde, and Susan Euphemia Beckford, later Duchess of Hamilton: The Beckford Children (1789-1791); and John Wright of Derby's Young man with cap and gown (circa 1760). The paintings reflected in the mirror are Sir Joshua Reynold's Lord Henry Spender and Lady Charlotte Spencer, later Charlotte Nares: The Young Fortune Teller (circa 1774-1775); and Reynold's the Hon. Theresa Parker, later the Hon. Theresa Villiers (1787). The writing desk (bureau plat) is attributed to Andre-Charles Boulle, with substantial later alterations. The date of the original work is between 1700 and 1705. The chest of drawers (commode) beneath the Romney painting is by Daniel De Loose, from around 1770. The fall front secretary (secrétaire à abbatant) under the Wright painting is by Martin Carlin, from around 1775. The clock on the mantel is stamped Japy Frères et Cie and is from 1785 or later. The Wright painting is the most recent addition to the Huntington collection in the picture: it was acquired by the Huntington in 1933. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 17 Drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery."

photCL 107 vol13 (17)

Costumed couple in front of fireplace in the large drawing room in the Huntington residence

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A couple can be seen reflected in the mirror. On the wall to the right of the mirror is Joseph Wright of Derby's Young man with cap and gown (circa 1760). The clock on the mantel is stamped Japy Frères et Cie and is from 1785 or later. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 38 Drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures."

photCL 107 vol13 (38)

Six people in period costume in the small drawing room in the Huntington residence

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Thomas Gainsborough's Anne (Luttrell), Duchess of Cumberland (circa 1777). A couple stands next to the fireplace. Two women and one man are seated at a table playing cards, with a man standing nearby. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 37 Small drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. Same as PCP 12."

photCL 107 vol13 (37)

Six people in period costume in the dining room in the Huntington residence

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The people, from left to right, are Victor Mature, Connie Compaigne, Sheila Stapler, "Buck" Edgar Buchanan, Hal Landon, and Ann West (Wood). Compaigne and Buchanan are seated at a table in dining room, while a standing Mature speaks to Compaigne, and Stapler carries a silver tray. Landon is standing next to the fireplace speaking to a seated West. George Romney's Catherine (Halead) Burton (1789) hangs over the fireplace. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "Tea party group in Dining Room, Huntington Art Gallery. Original fireplace from old house in Hanover Square, London, 1755. Chairs, Georgian, about 1740. Tea table, about 1760." Buchanan has elsewhere been identified as Frederick Blanchard.

photCL 107 vol13 (29a)

Four people in period costume in the portrait gallery in the Huntington residence

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Two couples in 18th century dress in the portrait gallery. One couple, the man standing and the woman sitting, are in front of George Romney's Rose (Gardiner) Milles (1780-1783). The other couple, both standing, are to the left of Thomas Gainsborough's Jonathan Buttall: the blue boy (1770). The bronze sculpture beneath "Blue Boy" is Mercure (Mercury) by an unknown foundry, after Antoine Coysevox, made between 1700 and 1710. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 28 New Gallery, Huntington Art Gallery. Portraits visible are "The Blue Boy" by Gainsborough, and "Mrs. Jeremiah Milles" by Romney."

photCL 107 vol13 (28)

Six people in period costume around tea table in dining room in the Huntington residence

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photCL 107 vol13 (29c)

Three couples in period costume in the large drawing room in the Huntington residence

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Northwest corner of the large drawing room of the Huntington residence

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