The original George III, London, circa 1760, being a superb pair of back to back kneehole desk in the South Drawing Room at Althorp. The South Drawing Room was for a hundred years a dining room and now serves as a reception room. It contains some splendidly ornate and important furniture, much of it French, acquired by the First Earl Spencer for Spencer House in London.
The original George III, London, circa 1760, being a superb pair of back to back kneehole desk in the South Drawing Room at Althorp. The South Drawing Room was for a hundred years a dining room and now serves as a reception room. It contains some splendidly ornate and important furniture, much of it French, acquired by the First Earl Spencer for Spencer House in London. In this room are an outstanding collection of portrait paintings, predominately by Sir Joshua Reynords. Amongst these is a portrait, painted in 1786, of John Charles, Viscount Althorp.
He became the third Earl Spencer, co-founder of the Royal Agricultural Society, and he was also a great politician. He was the chancellor of the Exchequer and helped put through the Reform Bill. This was one of the first rooms to be redecorated by Earl Spencer after he inherited Althorp in 1992
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