tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post4194890631758841320..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Guarding a Tudor Garden: Henry VIII's "Kyng's Beestes"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-49973627053239219062010-05-20T09:50:48.212-04:002010-05-20T09:50:48.212-04:00Hi let me tell you that the best place at home is ...Hi let me tell you that the best place at home is the garden so nice grow every types of plants .thanks .Buy Viagrahttp://www.xlpharmacy.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-43648952010132265582010-03-26T15:46:07.495-04:002010-03-26T15:46:07.495-04:00I saw the garden while it was still "under co...I saw the garden while it was still "under construction" when visiting London last year -- too cool! Hampton Court was such an amazing place to visit... wish I hadn't been feeling ill that day -- or that it wasn't almost 90 degrees in England. Was completely unprepared for the heat!Meg @ write meg!https://www.blogger.com/profile/15837479897570974834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-66091366508798243552010-03-26T08:36:55.444-04:002010-03-26T08:36:55.444-04:00Well, it would be fun to have a small collection o...Well, it would be fun to have a small collection of porcelain Beasts to arrange on the table or desk, wouldn't it? Though the price might have been a bit steep...<br />Thanks for sharing, Michael.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-51849248632785425852010-03-25T19:39:16.050-04:002010-03-25T19:39:16.050-04:00Thanks, Susan. Was not aware of that fascinating ...Thanks, Susan. Was not aware of that fascinating discovery.<br /><br />Overnight remembered that Minton produced a set of small reproductions of the 1953 group.<br />http://www.liveauctioneers.com/item/1688195<br />(For those interested in prices who don't want to go to the bother of logging on the lot did not sell.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-72811083374799581582010-03-25T06:40:04.899-04:002010-03-25T06:40:04.899-04:00Michael, here are two more beasts that have had a ...Michael, here are two more beasts that have had a long and wandering history. What caught my eye was that they might have originally been at Nonsuch Palace, and part of our old friend Lady Castlemaine's "get richer quick sale" of that palace in 1682.<br /><br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/6174283/How-two-Tudor-lion-statues-came-home-to-Hampton-Court-Palace.htmlIsabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-38652111978745371862010-03-25T06:30:19.771-04:002010-03-25T06:30:19.771-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10747339710268396442010-03-25T06:23:12.490-04:002010-03-25T06:23:12.490-04:00By coincidence, Mr. Baty has just posted more abou...By coincidence, Mr. Baty has just posted more about various royal "beasts" and their colors:<br /><br />http://papers-paints.blogspot.com/2009/03/kings-beasts.html<br /><br />At the bottom of the post, he links to a photographer, Sam Styles, who has imaginatively photoshopped an image to show how the stone beasts on the Moat Bridge at Hampton Court would have been painted:<br /><br />http://samstylesphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/after-research-by-patrick-baty-of.htmlIsabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-6303044460599987062010-03-24T23:15:32.835-04:002010-03-24T23:15:32.835-04:00There is also a set at Kew, copies of the plasters...There is also a set at Kew, copies of the plasters made for the Coronation in 1953. I can't find a picture of the set easily on the web, but here is the Wicki about them:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen%27s_Beasts<br />and one image:<br />http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/england/london/kewgardens/palmwstatue.jpg<br /><br />Far from the only 'royal menagerie;' Augustus the Strong had near life size figures of animals and birds, 296 of each modeled by Kirchner and Kaendler, made for him by the Meisssn factory. This is a vulture, now in the V&A, London:<br />http://www.vam.ac.uk/collections/ceramics/object_stories/meissen_vulture/index.htmlAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18385689703075431439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-86652164811415764042010-03-24T17:29:05.417-04:002010-03-24T17:29:05.417-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-31338480431406732822010-03-24T02:56:07.335-04:002010-03-24T02:56:07.335-04:00Well, they have added some new things since I was ...Well, they have added some new things since I was last at Hampton Court! Very whimsical...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-60638935035189863492010-03-23T16:56:27.019-04:002010-03-23T16:56:27.019-04:00These are too much. We don't think of the Tudo...These are too much. We don't think of the Tudors as being this garish. I like the leopard with the clown-polka-dots, however. There's something haute about him, like the Gucci leopards.LaDonnahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01968888552738293014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-23316984689573128742010-03-23T15:32:32.298-04:002010-03-23T15:32:32.298-04:00Henry did love his beasts!
Thank you so much for ...Henry did love his beasts! <br />Thank you so much for the fabulous links.Lady Burgleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262125653902478062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-3274430039430296412010-03-23T12:35:57.372-04:002010-03-23T12:35:57.372-04:00Emma, they do look like they belong in Harry Potte...Emma, they do look like they belong in Harry Potter illustrations! I thought they also resembled the various figures on old-fashioned merry-go-rounds, particularly with the bright paint.<br /><br />Vanessa, yes, the Baty blog/website is one that all good NHGs can get lost in for, oh, far too long!<br /><br />Avery, I don't believe there are any mythical beasts called Harvards. But you did make me laugh. *g*Isabella Bradford/Susan Holloway Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00997375216314200469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29105944453955502812010-03-23T11:23:47.408-04:002010-03-23T11:23:47.408-04:00But is there a harvard in the hollyhocks?
Great bl...But is there a harvard in the hollyhocks?<br />Great blog, thanks.averynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-10315523399399166252010-03-23T09:32:18.045-04:002010-03-23T09:32:18.045-04:00Harry Potter-ish is a good way to describe them, e...Harry Potter-ish is a good way to describe them, especially the Silver Yale!<br /><br />Susan, I love Patrick Baty. He always has great stuff on his website, and lots of fascinating and useful links on Twitter.Vanessa Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14571549124283013391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-29913320383010761812010-03-23T06:51:44.622-04:002010-03-23T06:51:44.622-04:00Too cool! Though to me these animals look more Har...Too cool! Though to me these animals look more Harry Potter than Henry VIII, LOL!Emma Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06533674631324192458noreply@blogger.com