Petworth House
December 6th 2010 A vast 17th century manor house, Petworth, West Sussex, has been resided in by the Lord and Lady Egremont for a long time. In the 1820s, 3rd Earl of Egremont had admired and highly valued Turner’s paintings, and asked him to paint pictures which would be suitable for his mansion. He completed several masterpieces such as “The Red Room”, or “Petworth Park at Sunset”. In addition to Turner
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