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Summary
The Stowe Armorial <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> is the centrepiece of the Gothic Library at Stowe <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowe_House">[1]</a>. The Library was commissioned by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (See Viscount Cobham <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Cobham">[2]</a>), and built to a design by Sir John Soane <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Soane">[3]</a> between 1805 and 1807. The armorial is a 1.4m diameter heraldic painting of the 719 quarterings of the Temple, Nugent, Brydges, Chandos and Grenville families, including ten variations of the English Royal arms, the arms of Spencer, De Clare, Valence, Mowbray, Mortimer and De Grey. The painting is signed and dated P. Sonard 1806. <a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a>
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current | 01:39, 4 January 2017 | 1,491 × 1,695 (2.69 MB) | 127.0.0.1 (talk) | The <b>Stowe Armorial</b> <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Coat_of_arms" class="mw-redirect" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> is the centrepiece of the Gothic Library at Stowe <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stowe_House">[1]</a>. The Library was commissioned by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham (See Viscount Cobham <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viscount_Cobham">[2]</a>), and built to a design by Sir John Soane <a class="external autonumber" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Soane">[3]</a> between 1805 and 1807. The armorial is a 1.4m diameter heraldic painting of the 719 quarterings of the Temple, Nugent, Brydges, Chandos and Grenville families, including ten variations of the English Royal arms, the arms of Spencer, De Clare, Valence, Mowbray, Mortimer and De Grey. The painting is signed and dated P. Sonard 1806. <sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> |
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