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Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 73—No. 3803
Fix this text.Wednesday, December 31, 1952
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Fix this textHISTORIED “WILTON,” A GEM OF ENGLISH DOMESTIC ARCHITECTURE
Fix this textFEW of the great country houses of England have a longer history than
Fix this textWilton, seat of the Herberts, Earls of Pembroke and Montgomery. This
Fix this textgreat mansion, situated three miles from Salisbury in Wiltshire, stands upon
Fix this textthe site of a monastery which flourished during the days of King Alfred
Fix this text(871-901), and it was there that he defeated the Danes. In the eleventh
Fix this textcentury the wife of Edward the Confessor was educated at Wilton.
Fix this textAt the Dissolution of the Monasteries, however, King Henry VIII gave
Fix this textWilton to William Herbert, who later became the Ist Earl of Pembroke. The
Fix this textlatter pulled down the monastery and commissioned the great painter, Holbein,
Fix this textto prepare designs for a great private house, which was completed in the
Fix this text1550’5. Soon after, Wilton House became a centre of the arts and of learning,
Fix this textand among the many men of distinction who visited the great mansion were
Fix this textSir Philip Sidney, Spenser, Massinger, Marlowe, Ben Jonson, Beaumont, Izaak
Fix this textWalton, George Herbert. Greatest of all, however, was Shakespeare, who
Fix this textwas a close friend of the 3rd Earl of Pembroke and was a frequent visitor
Fix this textto Wilton, and it was there that the first performance of “As You Like It”
Fix this textwas given. In 1573 Queen Elizabeth I stayed for three days at Wilton, and
Fix this textthe lock of her hair which she presented to her hosts is still be fen
Fix this text“The Tempest’' is believed by some scholars to have been inspired by the
Fix this textshipwrecking oil the Bermudas of an expedition to the New World financed
Fix this textbv the 3rd Earl of Pembroke. , rebuilt
Fix this textIn 1647 most of the original house was destroyed by fire, but was iebu n
Fix this textby the architect Inigo Jones and completed by John Webb. rtnthic
Fix this textThe interior is no less magnificent, with its luxurious state rooms, Goth c
Fix this texthall, library, gallery and its famous Double Cube romm This superb roo .
Fix this textwhich measures 60 feet long, 30 feet wide and 30 feet b f. h ; n an e ls in
Fix this textthe beauty of its proportions. Its white walls are divided into pan i
Fix this textwhich hang ten fulHength family portraits by Van Dyck and a vast portrmt
Fix this textby the same artist occupies the whole wall at one end th ® * OOI P; ' d
Fix this textceiling was painted by de Critz in 1650, and the furniture, in red velvet and
Fix this textgold, was specially designed by William Kent. Elsewhere m this* great teasur
Fix this texthouse are to be seen splendid examples of paintings by Reynolds, Rub ®“ •
Fix this textTintoretto, Claude and Rembrandt, to mention but a tew of the bcUei-known
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