Mentmore Towers (Rothschild Mansion), Library
- Title:
- Mentmore Towers (Rothschild Mansion), Library
- Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photographs Collection
- Creator:
- Paxton, Joseph (English horticulturist, gardener, and builder, 1803-1865)
Stokes, George Henry (British architect, born 1827 or 1828, died 1874)
- Creation Date:
- ca. 1878-ca. 1890 (photograph)
1855 (building)
- Location:
- Buckinghamshire, England, United Kingdom
- Country:
- United Kingdom
- ID Number:
- 878
- Accession Number:
- 15/5/3090.00878
- Collection Number:
- 15-5-3090
- File Name:
- 00878.jpg
- Materials/Techniques:
- albumen prints
- Subject:
- Mentmore Towers, Buckinghamshire, England
mansions
Domestic interiors
fireplaces
Paintings
urns
Stucco decorations
libraries (buildings)
books
bookcases
candlesticks
wrought iron (iron alloy)
photographs - Measurement:
- 27.94 x 21.9075 (centimeters)
- Description:
- Baron Meyer de Rothschild commissioned Joseph Paxton and George Stokes to build Mentmore Towers in 1855. Rothschild furnished the mansion with a superb collection of paintings and decorative arts. His only child, Hannah, inherited Mentmore after his death in 1874. She married the Arc hibald, the fith Earl of Rosebery in 1878, and died in 1890.
- Source:
- Data from: A.D. White Architectural Photographs, Cornell University Library
http://cidc.library.cornell.edu/adw/albumen.htm - Cite As:
- Andrew Dickson White Architectural Photograph Collection, #15-5-3090. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Andrew Dickson White architectural photograph collection
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The images in this collection are in the public domain and are believed to have no known U.S. copyright or other restrictions. The Library does not charge for permission to use these materials and does not grant or deny permission to publish or otherwise distribute them. However, as a good scholarly practice we recommend that all patrons cite the Library as the source of the reproduction. For a more detailed explanation please read the Library Guidelines for Using Public Domain Text, Images, Audio, and Video Reproduced from Cornell University Library Collections at http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright.