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Duke of Marlborough: Blenheim Street
built 642 days ago
The only bravura was the splendid historical paintings of the Duke's battles, which line the walls of the central salon and the staircases. The principal room is the saloon which is two stories high. On the saloon wall are paintings of the Battle of Blenheim by Louis Laguerre. On the ceiling are Gentileschi's "Arts and Sciences" painted in 1636 for the Queen's House at Greenwich, then removed to Marlborough House by permission of Queen Anne. On the staircases to the first floor are more paintings by Laguerre of the Battles of Ramillies and Malplaquet.
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It was ... intended to build another street in the Duke's honour, Blenheim Street that was to have joined Talbot Street to Abbey Street, and the southern portion of it was transformed into Northumberland Square in 1844. Much of the site of Blenheim Street with other places adjoining, like the Jewish Synagogue of 1746 in Marlborough Green, was absorbed by the large premises of Brooks, Thomas and Co. This in turn was developed into the Irish Life centre and mall. Nothing now remains of either Blenheim Street or Northumberland Square.
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The 11th Duke has devoted his life to the preservation of the Palace. He has had a difficult task of balancing the needs of the modern day visitor with the necessity of maintaining a World Heritage site. He said that ‘Although the Battle of Blenheim was won in 1704 the Battle for Blenheim continues in the unceasing struggle to maintain the structure of the building and to obtain the finance for the future.’
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Both were furnished and decorated in a style worthy of a duke. At Blenheim the duke’s military victories are portrayed in an extensive series of murals painted by Sir James Thornhill (who ... decorated the dome in St Paul’s Cathedral) and Louis Laguerre, and by a magnificent set of tapestries commissioned from a leading Brussels weaver, Judicos de Vos.
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