Representative residence building, a large and imposing dwelling

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Thornbury castle, Gloucestershire. Watercolour attributed to Stephen Jenner, 18--.

Upton House, West Ham; birthplace of Joseph Lister. Watercolour partly after a photograph, partly after a sketch by Mary Lister, 1920/1940.

A farmer is watching a poor girl who is picking up small ears of corn; in the background is an expensive country house. Engraving by J.M. Delatre, 1788, after J.H. Ramberg.

The house and part of the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.

Suburban mansions.

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Mansions

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Upton House, West Ham; birthplace of Joseph Lister. Watercolour partly after a photograph, partly after a sketch by Mary Lister, 1920/1940.

Suburban mansions.

A farmer is watching a poor girl who is picking up small ears of corn; in the background is an expensive country house. Engraving by J.M. Delatre, 1788, after J.H. Ramberg.

Thornbury castle, Gloucestershire. Watercolour attributed to Stephen Jenner, 18--.

The house and part of the garden of the Duke of Argyll at Whitton, Middlesex. Etching, 18th century.