Reconstruction illustration showing musicians entertaining guests in the Great Chamber at Kirby Hall in the early seventeenth century

Date:
circa 1988 - circa 1993
Location:
Kirby Hall, Kirby Lane, Gretton, Corby, Northamptonshire
Reference:
IC054/003
Type:
Reconstruction Artwork
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Description

The Great Chamber was traditionally the room where guests were received, and also where dinner was eaten on feast days and entertainments such as music and masques were performed. This illustration was reproduced in black and white on page 17 of the 1993 English Heritage guidebook for Kirby Hall.

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