MAKE A MEME View Large Image Grenville Diptych.jpg The Stowe Armorial coat of arms is the centrepiece of the Gothic Library at Stowe http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Stowe_House The Library was commissioned by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 1st Marquess of Buckingham See ...
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Keywords: Grenville Diptych.jpg The Stowe Armorial coat of arms is the centrepiece of the Gothic Library at Stowe http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Stowe_House The Library was commissioned by George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 1st Marquess of Buckingham See Viscount Cobham http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Viscount_Cobham and built to a design by Sir John Soane http //en wikipedia org/wiki/John_Soane between 1805 and 1807 The armorial is a 1 4m diameter heraldic painting of the 719 quarterings of the Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos and Grenville families including ten variations of the English Royal arms the arms of Spencer De Clare Valence Mowbray Mortimer and De Grey The painting is signed and dated P Sonard 1806 <ref>Stowe House Michael Bevington 2002 </ref> Stowe Armorial ou Armorial Grenville à Stowe ; réalisé entre 1822 et 1839 pour Richard Temple-Grenville marquis de Chandos et fils du premier duc de Buckingham et de Chandos afin de mettre en valeur les 719 quartiers de la famille Il est considéré comme exemple extravagant de triage héraldique Ce blasonnement est la pièce maîtresse de la Bibliothèque néogothique de Stowe_House commanditée par George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 1er marquis de Buckingham Voir http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Viscount_Cobham Vicomte Cobham et construit selon les plans de Sir John Soane entre 1805 et 1807 Cet armorial est une peinture héraldique large de 1 4 m des 719 quartiers des familles Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos et Grenville incluant dix variations des armoiries royales anglaises les armes de Spencer de De Clare de Valence de Mowbray de Mortimer et De Grey Cette oeuvre est signée et datée P Sonard 1806 unknown 1806 P Sonard Image is in the public domain because of its age It is more than 150 years old as of 2006 See File Grenville_Diptych_edit jpg File Grenville_Diptych_edit2 jpg PD-old-100 Coats of arms of families of England Heraldic divisions Paintings of coats of arms Diptychs Stowe Armorial
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