Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . 0 I 45S7 8^ 10 II IZ. 1 I I I I I ! ? I I - I 1 IfiCHfS C J. V- <::. £?7- <-11 I-. P >J //rc/ffs SIZERGH, NO. 2. 73 valuable and ancient family portraits. In front of this,on the side, is the present vestibule, with its wallscovered with gobelin tapestry in good preservation, pro-bably sent as a present to the family from the Stuartsduring their exile in France. The subjects represent thehistory of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and the groupingof the figures is remarkably good, and the whole work
Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society . 0 I 45S7 8^ 10 II IZ. 1 I I I I I ! ? I I - I 1 IfiCHfS C J. V- <::. £?7- <-11 I-. P >J //rc/ffs SIZERGH, NO. 2. 73 valuable and ancient family portraits. In front of this,on the side, is the present vestibule, with its wallscovered with gobelin tapestry in good preservation, pro-bably sent as a present to the family from the Stuartsduring their exile in France. The subjects represent thehistory of Mark Antony and Cleopatra, and the groupingof the figures is remarkably good, and the whole workbeautifully executed. These two rooms now occupy the site of the old ban-queting hall proper. This old hall was very unfortunatelymodernized and subdivided about the year 1770, and fora longtime remained unfinished. Its original form how-ever is described thus :— The room extended to bothfronts having nearly been a square of 40 feet. The prin-cipal entrance was at the east corner of the side andon the same side were two deep embayed windows, andopposite on the situation of the present door was a vastfireplace with a moulded stone arch. Upstairs on the second floo
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