Tag Archives: Lord Denbigh

Robert Dudley The Art Lover

Posted on January 7, 2017 by Christine Hartweg

Among the very best books ever published on Robert Dudley has to be Elizabeth Goldring’s 2014 Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester, and the World of Elizabethan Art: Painting and Patronage at the Court of Elizabeth I. Gorgeously illustrated, it demonstrates … Continue reading →

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Little Lord Denbigh

Posted on July 19, 2012 by Christine Hartweg

In the spring or early summer of 1584 a toddler strolled in the great gallery of Leicester House, his father’s palatial London residence. At some point the little boy climbed a stool before a painting and started embellishing it. Some … Continue reading →

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Countess Lettice At Home

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Christine Hartweg

In the hours following his very private wedding ceremony in the morning of Sunday, 21 September 1578, the Earl of Leicester changed the agenda and started preparing the household for the queen’s visit two days later. The new Countess of … Continue reading →

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