William Talman (architect)
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William Talman was an English architect and landscape designer.
William Talman, his son John Talman, his daughter Frances Cokayne, and his wife, Hannah Talman, by Giuseppe Grisoni, c.1718–19, NPG
The south front of Chatsworth from Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus
Chatsworth House, south & east fronts
Chatsworth House, south front
Chatsworth House
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Chatsworth House is a stately home in the Derbyshire Dales, 4 miles north-east of Bakewell and 9 miles west of Chesterfield, England. The seat of the Duke of Devonshire, it has belonged to the Cavendi
William Talman (architect)
…proposing a cheaper interior decoration scheme for the new building, won that commission over Wren's head. Talman's principal work is recognised to be Chatsworth House, considered to be the first baroque private house in Britain, and he was possibly the architect of St Anne's Church, Soho. Talman was held by many to…
The south front of Chatsworth House, facing the Cascade and the Emperor Fountain
This engraving by Kip and Knyff shows Chatsworth part way through the 1st Duke's alterations. The south front has been rebuilt but the original east front survives. The baroque garden has been laid out, but only the first, smaller version of the Cascade has been built, and the Canal Pond has not been dug. The 1st Duke's stables are to the left of the house
17th-century painting of the west front of the Elizabethan Chatsworth
This late 18th-century oil painting by William Marlow emphasises the romantic aspect of Chatsworth's setting on the edge of the Peak District