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The Late Thomas William Coke,* Earl Of Leicester,
room , one ornamented with a sow and pigs , and a wolf ; the other has a bear and bee-hives—both are in white marble ; the third in the state bed-room , representing two pelicans , is exceedingly chaste and beautiful . The apartments are further enriched with marble and agate tables , and exquisite furniture , in the sumptuous style of Louis Quatorze . The statue-gallery consists of a central part and two octagonal ends : the first is 70 feet long and 22 feet wideand each octagonof 22 feet
, , diameter , opens to the centre by a handsome arch ; one end is fitted up with books , the other and the centre is filled with a fine collection of ancient and modern sculpture ; among the former , a figure of Diana is extremely fine , and a Venus , clothed with wet drapery , considered by all judges of the arts exquisite . The saloon is 40 feet long , 28 wide , and 38 in height ; this room , appropriated to paintings , contains many by the most eminent masters ,
and there are many others equally valuable distributed through the other apartments of this princely residence ; but a description of them would fill a volume . Few of any collections in the kingdom contain so many pictures of that inimitable artist Claude Lorraine , and Titian ' s matchless Venus glows in breathless life from the gem-encrusted walls . In the brief sketch to which we are confined it is impossible to convey an idea of this almost regal seat of taste and splendour . Its library was arranged under the superintendance of the late Mr . Roscoe , and is
rich in early classics , rare books , and the matchless beauty of its illuminated manuscripts . The grounds which surround Holkham comprise above 3200 acres , 1500 of which are planted , and a part of the other is in tillage and pasturage ; in the midst of the park is an enchanting ride of seven miles , in a belt of fir and other trees , evergreens , shrubs , and flowers , whose foliage exhibits every variety of tint , whilst the interior of the park presents clumps of fine oakgentle hillscorn-waving valesan extensive
, , , lake , 1056 yards long , with a finely wooded shore , the parish church , and other picturesque objects . The principal approach is by a triumphal arch from the Fakenham-road , through which a fine broad vista leads to an obelisk on a woody eminence , at the distance of a mile and a half . The house and grounds are open for inspection every Tuesday , and travellers and artists are allowed permission at all seasonable hours . In the village is a school-house , built and endowed by the late
earl , when Mr . Coke , for thirty-three boys and thirty-three girls ; and there are almshouses for aged men and women , founded by the last Countess of Leicester . In addition to the schools for the boys and girls , our noble Brother built and supported a Sunday school , and a school for infants . Holkham is frequently the scene of good old English hospitality , and among the many royal and distinguished visitors who have lodged within its walls , may be enumerated His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Duchess of Kent , and her present Majesty .
Oh ! I have heard of lands where beauty reigns , "Where skies are brighter , fairer far than ours . Where every hreeze that doth salute the sense . Sweeps past , impregnate with the myrtled flowers . Yet all that poets sing of brighter skies , All that my wildest fancy ever drew . Is here surpass'd . I now behold that fine Magnificence , that chastened pride , casting A splendour round the glowing scene , making The English home appear a heaven .
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The Late Thomas William Coke,* Earl Of Leicester,
room , one ornamented with a sow and pigs , and a wolf ; the other has a bear and bee-hives—both are in white marble ; the third in the state bed-room , representing two pelicans , is exceedingly chaste and beautiful . The apartments are further enriched with marble and agate tables , and exquisite furniture , in the sumptuous style of Louis Quatorze . The statue-gallery consists of a central part and two octagonal ends : the first is 70 feet long and 22 feet wideand each octagonof 22 feet
, , diameter , opens to the centre by a handsome arch ; one end is fitted up with books , the other and the centre is filled with a fine collection of ancient and modern sculpture ; among the former , a figure of Diana is extremely fine , and a Venus , clothed with wet drapery , considered by all judges of the arts exquisite . The saloon is 40 feet long , 28 wide , and 38 in height ; this room , appropriated to paintings , contains many by the most eminent masters ,
and there are many others equally valuable distributed through the other apartments of this princely residence ; but a description of them would fill a volume . Few of any collections in the kingdom contain so many pictures of that inimitable artist Claude Lorraine , and Titian ' s matchless Venus glows in breathless life from the gem-encrusted walls . In the brief sketch to which we are confined it is impossible to convey an idea of this almost regal seat of taste and splendour . Its library was arranged under the superintendance of the late Mr . Roscoe , and is
rich in early classics , rare books , and the matchless beauty of its illuminated manuscripts . The grounds which surround Holkham comprise above 3200 acres , 1500 of which are planted , and a part of the other is in tillage and pasturage ; in the midst of the park is an enchanting ride of seven miles , in a belt of fir and other trees , evergreens , shrubs , and flowers , whose foliage exhibits every variety of tint , whilst the interior of the park presents clumps of fine oakgentle hillscorn-waving valesan extensive
, , , lake , 1056 yards long , with a finely wooded shore , the parish church , and other picturesque objects . The principal approach is by a triumphal arch from the Fakenham-road , through which a fine broad vista leads to an obelisk on a woody eminence , at the distance of a mile and a half . The house and grounds are open for inspection every Tuesday , and travellers and artists are allowed permission at all seasonable hours . In the village is a school-house , built and endowed by the late
earl , when Mr . Coke , for thirty-three boys and thirty-three girls ; and there are almshouses for aged men and women , founded by the last Countess of Leicester . In addition to the schools for the boys and girls , our noble Brother built and supported a Sunday school , and a school for infants . Holkham is frequently the scene of good old English hospitality , and among the many royal and distinguished visitors who have lodged within its walls , may be enumerated His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex , the Duchess of Kent , and her present Majesty .
Oh ! I have heard of lands where beauty reigns , "Where skies are brighter , fairer far than ours . Where every hreeze that doth salute the sense . Sweeps past , impregnate with the myrtled flowers . Yet all that poets sing of brighter skies , All that my wildest fancy ever drew . Is here surpass'd . I now behold that fine Magnificence , that chastened pride , casting A splendour round the glowing scene , making The English home appear a heaven .