Reconstruction illustration showing guests of the Hatton family enjoying music and conversation in the Long Gallery at Kirby Hall in the early seventeenth century. The Gallery was located on the first floor of the west wing of the Hall.

Date:
circa 1988 - circa 1993
Location:
Kirby Hall, Kirby Lane, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire
Reference:
IC054/002
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

In addition to providing a recreational space for family and guests, the Long Gallery is known to have also acted as a meeting space for the family to meet with servants and estate workers.

This illustration was reproduced in black and white on page 16 of the 1993 English Heritage guidebook for Kirby Hall, with a cropped colour version the illustration later reproduced on page 12 of the 2000 English Heritage guidebook for the site.

Content

This is part of the Volume: IC054 Kirby Hall, Northamptonshire; within the Series: EHC01/146 English Heritage Reconstruction And Artwork Collection; within the Collection: EHC01 English Heritage(Eh):Archive

Rights

© Historic England Archive

People & Organisations

Illustrator: Lapper, Ivan

Keywords

Elizabethan Country House, People, Domestic Interior