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Andrew Fountaine (art collector)

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in 1753, and was buried there. When sold and dispersed in 1884, his collection was so large it took four days to auction. His Narford estate passed to his sister Elizabeth and down to her grandson Brigg Price, who changed his surname to Fountaine and adopted his great-uncle's arms.
22: 222:, and others. The entire house burned down; the number of paintings destroyed was so large that the ashes were carefully sifted to recover the gold from the incinerated mountings of the miniatures. 154:). He took a second grand tour in 1714, collecting maiolica, paintings and sculpture for himself and for the Earls of Pembroke (he later catalogued the 8th Earl's collection for his son the 258:"Hundred of South Greenhoe: Narford Pages 229-239 An Essay Towards A Topographical History of the County of Norfolk: Volume 6. Originally published by W Miller, London, 1807" 124: 444: 85: 449: 439: 424: 100: 459: 241: 143: 155: 111:
in 1701, the younger Andrew Fountaine accompanied him and thus became known in the courts of Europe in what became the first of his two
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on his entry to Oxford the previous year (a task he had been selected for by Christ Church's dean
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Letters, 'Pignatta's Sir Andrew Fountaine and Friends in the Tribune', 1715, by Graham Pollard
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on the staircase (she had made him her vice-chamberlain and tutor to her third son,
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Aug 12 1727, but retired from London in 1732 or 1733 to redesign the family seat of
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On 28 April 1733, there was a terrible destruction of Fountaine's collection of
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in 1705 (using it as an opportunity to add to his book and coin collections).
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Conversation Piece (Portrait of Sir Andrew Fountaine with Other Men and Women)
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A history of miniature art: with notes on collectors and collections
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on travelling to Italy in 1702, and was part of the mission to the
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of Salle, Norfolk and Sarah Chicheley, one of the daughters of Sir
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Deed Poll Office: Private Act of Parliament 1765 (5 Geo. 3). c. 55
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English antiquarian, art collector and amateur architect
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Index


William Hogarth
Salle
Norfolk
Narford Hall
Narford
Andrew Fountaine M.P.
Thomas Chicheley
Eton College
King's Scholar
Christ Church, Oxford
William Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Devonshire
William III
Henry Aldrich
Lord Macclesfield
Act of Settlement
elector of Hanover
grand tours
Gottfried Leibniz
Royal Society of Berlin
Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany
States General
Dutch Republic
Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod
Thomas Herbert, 8th Earl of Pembroke
Jonathan Swift
9th earl
Walter Cary
warden of the Royal Mint
Narford Hall

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