Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire, England

South facade of Stowe Park, Buckinghamshire, England. Neo-classical Grecian-style house designed by Robert Adam and finished by Thomas Pitt in 1779. Home of Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, owner of a plantation in Jamaica (379 enslaved). Colour woodblock by Benjamin Fawcett in the Baxter process of an illustration by Alexander Francis Lydon from Reverend Francis Orpen Morris's Picturesque Views of the Seats of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Great Britain and Ireland, William Mackenzie, London, 1880

Alexander Francis Lydon Baxter Process Benjamin Fawcett Buckinghamshire Colour Woodblock Enslaved Great Britain Jamaica Mansion House Neo-classical Pile Plantation Privilege Reverend Francis Orpen Morris Robert Adam Slave Owner Slave Trade Stately Home William Mackenzie

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