Chatsworth, Arcadia, now : seven scenes from the life of a house / John-Paul Stonard ; foreword by The Duke & Duchess of Devonshire ; photographs by Victoria Hely-Hutchinson ; art direction by Huw Morgan.

No house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen generations, this treasure house is filled with works of art and objects-from Nicolas Poussin's Et in Arcadia Ego and An...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stonard, John-Paul, 1973- (Author)
Other Authors: Hely-Hutchinson, Victoria (Photographer)
Language:English
Published: [London] UK : Particular Books, 2021.
Subjects:
Devonshire, Dukes of > Art collections.
Cavendish family > Art collections.
Chatsworth (England) > History.
Art > Private collections > England > Derbyshire.
Manors > England > Derbyshire.
Cavendish (Famille) > Collections d'art.
Chatsworth (Angleterre) > Histoire.
Art > Collections privées > Angleterre > Derbyshire.
Cavendish family.
Chatsworth (England)
Art > Private collections.
England > Derbyshire.
Biographies.
Biography
History.
Genre:
Biographies.
Biography
History.
Physical Description:x, 379 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 31 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Prologue: arriving in Arcadia
  • Arcadia now
  • Trouble in Arcadia
  • Ambition in Arcadia
  • Exile from Arcadia
  • Curiosity in Arcadia
  • Power in Arcadia
  • Origins of Arcadia
  • Inventory of objects.