. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. the art of the secret of living, indeed!In the dining-room is his portrait painted in the styleof Godfrey Kneller—probably by one of his shows a beak-hosed man in cavalier costume. Hewears a laced waistcoat which comes nearly to the knee,and the pockets and sleeveflaps are large and his slender hands hang lace ruffles. The interior of the house is but one room deep inthe central portion, though the Wings contain rathermore space from front to back. The main hallway,which is also a state reception room, is carried on upth
. Colonial mansions of Maryland and Delaware. the art of the secret of living, indeed!In the dining-room is his portrait painted in the styleof Godfrey Kneller—probably by one of his shows a beak-hosed man in cavalier costume. Hewears a laced waistcoat which comes nearly to the knee,and the pockets and sleeveflaps are large and his slender hands hang lace ruffles. The interior of the house is but one room deep inthe central portion, though the Wings contain rathermore space from front to back. The main hallway,which is also a state reception room, is carried on upthrough the second floor and is a high, square apart-ment whose lofty ceiling is curved above the the most elaborate ornamentation of the wholehouse is to be found. In each of the four corners abovethe cornice in the curved ceiling are set large Satyricfaces carved in black mahogany, an ideal detail fora bachelors home. In the middle of the ceiling is agolden eagle which holds up the slender chain support-ing the chandelier. 82. INTERIOR CARVING, ENTRANCE TO WHITEHALL WHITEHALL To the right of this hall, as you enter from the front,is the dining-room; to the left is the parlour. How Whitehall was regarded by a contemporaryof Governor Sharpe is shown in one of the letters ofWilliam Eddis, the voluminous chronicler of pre-revo-lutionary Annapolis who, under date of October 1,1769,writes a friend in England: In the vicinity of Annapolis are many pleasant villas, whoseproprietors are eminent for their hospitality. Colonel Sharpe,the late governor, possesses a most delightful retirement, aboutseven miles distant; his house is on a large scale, the design isexcellent, and the apartments well fitted up, and perfectly con-venient. The adjacent grounds are so judiciously disposed,that utility and taste are everywhere happily united; and whenthe worthy owner has completed his extensive plan, Whitehallwill be one of the most desirable situations in this, or in any ofthe neigh
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