Child, Elizabeth. “Elizabeth Montagu, Bluestocking Businesswoman”. Reconsidering the Bluestockings, edited by Nicole Pohl and Betty Schellenberg, Huntington Library, 2003, pp. 153 - 73.
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Lancelot Brown
Standard Name: Brown, Lancelot
Used Form: Capability Brown
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| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Elizabeth Montagu | EM
, who had been actively involved in the family mining business since she was about forty, |
| Residence | Mary, Countess Cowper | Lord Cowper built a country house, Cole Green near Hertingfordbury in Hertfordshire, close to that of his younger brother, Spencer Cowper
. It was completed in 1704 for relatively modest cost, but additional wings... |
| Residence | Barbarina Brand, Baroness Dacre | Thomas Brand's family home was The Hoo at Kimpton in Hertfordshire. The house was remodelled in the 1760s by William Chambers
, and the park was transformed into an English landscape garden by Capability Brown |
| Residence | Henrietta Sykes | Settrington became a second home. Sledmere, HS
's main residence from now on, is a large and handsome building which dates from 1751 and had been improved by her father-in-law. It featured a Roman Catholic... |
| Textual Features | Lady Mary Walker | Meanwhile, Lady Frances begins by building one hundred dwellings (designed by Capability Brown
) to house artisans and workmen, and proceeds to construct a museum, library, astronomical observatory, an anatomy room, studios, a botanical garden... |
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