Detail view of carvings and an inscribed tablet on the lintel of the chimney-piece in the Long Gallery

Date:
31 Oct 2007
Location:
Apethorpe Hall, Apethorpe, East Northamptonshire, Northamptonshire
Reference:
DP029583
Type:
Photograph (Digital)
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Description

The inscription reads 'RARE & EVER TO BE WISHT MAYE SOWNDE HEERE / INSTRVMENTS WCH FAINTE SPRITES & MVSES CHEERE / COMPOSING FOR THE BODY, SOVLE, & EARE / WHICH SICKNES, MADNES & FOVLE SPIRITS FEARE'.

Content

This is part of the Job: 2K/13877 Fireplaces And King James I Statue, Apethorpe Hall, Northamptonshire; within the Volume: BF061840 Apethorpe Hall, Apethorpe; within the Series: EHC01/002 Eh Architectural Requests; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Photographer: Payne, Patricia

Keywords

Fireplace, Carving