Interior view of the classically-inspired dining room at Spencer House. The walls were hung with damask in the 1870s, but would not have originally been, as damask holds the smell of food

Date:
Jun 1895
Location:
Spencer House, 27 St James's Place, Marylebone, City Of Westminster, Greater London Authority, SW1A 1NR
Reference:
BL13183
Type:
Photograph (Negative)
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Description

The architect of the mansion was John Vardy, and the photograph was commissioned by the 5th Earl Spencer. This photograph was reproduced on p.106 of Joseph Friedman's book 'Spencer House: Chronicle of a Great London Mansion' (1993).

Content

This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection

Rights

Source: Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company

Architect: Vardy, John

Client: Spencer, John Poyntz

Keywords

Neo Classicism, Dining Room, Georgian Town House