Sir Francis Cook, 1st Baronet, 1st Viscount Monserrate was a British merchant and art collector.
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Monserrate Palace
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The Monserrate Palace is a palatial villa located near Sintra, the traditional summer resort of the Portuguese court in the foothills overlooking the Atlantic Ocean north west of the capital, Lisbon.
Francis Cook, 1st Viscount of Monserrate
…House, Richmond, Surrey. In 1849, he bought Doughty House in Richmond and in 1855 the quinta of Monserrate in Sintra, Portugal. There, he restored Monserrate Palace, a Moorish-style palace, and became visconde de Monserrate (Viscount of Monserrate). He began to collect classical sculpture in the late 1850s. He…
Palácio Monserrate
Totem (Nansi Hemming)
Hallway
Fountain in central hallway