An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 85 July 13, 2020Clinton HowellThe joy of reading about the 18th century--I am still deep into Jenny Uglow's biography of William Hogarth--is that I have read so many books on the period, I recognize...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 84 July 5, 2020Clinton HowellI am torn about what to write about next for a couple of reasons. The foremost is that I am reading a biography of William Hogarth by Jenny Uglow which...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 83 June 29, 2020Clinton HowellThe next house on my list is pretty close to Wiltshire and therefore close to London and easily accessed from London (in a car, not so easily in a train).
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 82 June 22, 2020Clinton HowellI run on at length about going to a house and being surprised by what I find. Seldom is it, however, that I am not surprised. There is always something.
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 81 June 8, 2020Clinton HowellThe difficult to get to houses are often the houses that are the most desirable. I have visited many houses, but there are a number that I have not seen...
An Antiquarian's Tale, Issue 80 June 1, 2020Clinton HowellAnother house that I would like to return to is, yet again, a re-design of an earlier, Tudor house by Robert Adam. Saltram House is near Plymouth in Devon and...
