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Culzean Castle (1777) over garden fountain run as house museum by National Trust for Scotland. Maybole, Scotland. | Garden fountain featuring Poseidon at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Culzean Castle designed by Robert Adam (1777-1812) & Charles Reid of Wardrop & Reid (1875-9) incorporates earlier structures. Maybole, Scotland. | Fountain in Culzean Castle garden. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Gardens at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Gardens at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Thistles in garden at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Gardens at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Culzean Castle (1777-1812) & (1875-9). Maybole, Scotland. Architect: Robert Adam, then Charles Reid. | Chimneys at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Antique French mortar at eastern entrance of Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Antique French mortar at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Collection of arms around fireplace design by Robert Adam in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | BE2c biplane propeller from WWII supporting lamp in front of frieze & chimneypiece designed by Robert Adam in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Display of blades over great armchair (1692) in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Collection of arms, some bought in 1812 when obsolete, around crest in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Collection of arms around Robert Adam fireplace in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Cannon models built as starting guns for yacht races in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Trophy crocodile used as umbrella & cane stand in Armory at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | The Library & sitting room as modernized (1770s) by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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The Library fireplace (1770s) by Robert Adam with portrait of Thomas Kennedy 9th Earl of Cassillis (1764) by Pompeo Batoni at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Desk & armchair in Robert Adam's Library with curved ends at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Desk set with embossing stamp in Library at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Round table with armchairs in Library at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Girandole placed by Robert Adam in curved end of Library at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Adjustable rack for portfolios in Library at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Library ceiling (1770s) by Robert Adam with classical scene at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Library ceiling (1770s) by Robert Adam with classical scene at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Library curtain with plaster work (1770s) by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Dining room (1877) by Wardrop & Reid at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Dining room (1877) by Wardrop & Reid retaining & copying decorative elements of Robert Adam original at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Sideboard with sprigged Derby china & knife box at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Derby china ice cream serving dish in dining room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Stoppered wine bottles on stand in dining room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Silver urn with spout in dining room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Dining room sideboard with knife box urns & portrait of wife of 11th Earl of Cassillis at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Clock celebrating racing yacht Bloodhound (1877) at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Covered porcelain urn painted with naval ship (c1900) at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Portrait of Earl of Cassillis (1910) in dining room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Portrait of Archibald 11th Earl of Cassillis & Capt RN (1792) in dining room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Dining room ceiling in style of John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Dining room ceiling in style of John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Dining room ceiling in style of John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Oval staircase by John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Oval staircase by John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Skylight & classical columns over Oval staircase by John Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Classical columns by John Adam around Oval staircase at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Portrait of Archibald 12th Earl of Cassillis (1810) by William Owen on Oval staircase at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Portrait of Archibald 12th Earl of Cassillis (1810) by William Owen at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Portrait of Napoleon by Robert Lefèvre on Oval staircase at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Sir Thomas Kennedy of Culzean, knighted by King James I/VI for his support of Mary Queen of Scots, portrait (c1600 at age 43) attrib. Adrian Vanson at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Portrait of wife of Archibald 12th Earl of Cassillis (1810) by William Owen at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Chinese export vase on Oval staircase hall at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Round drawing room by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Susanna, Countess of Eglinton, aunt of 9th & 10th Earls of Cassillis portrait (early 1700s) by Gavin Hamilton at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Marble busts of Napoleon & 2nd wife Marie Louise flanking clock at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Coffee service on tray at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Carved seahorses mantle piece on fireplace in round drawing room by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Ceiling relief in colors specified by Robert Adam in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Detail of ceiling relief in colors specified by Robert Adam in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Detail of ceiling relief in colors specified by Robert Adam in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Gasolier with crystals in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Sconce in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Sconce in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Reproduced carpet in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Reproduced carpet in round drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | State bedroom with Chippendale bed at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | State bedroom fireplace approved by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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State bedroom mirror with eagle at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | State bedroom wardrobe (1740s) by Thomas Chippendale at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Flax spinning wheel in state bedroom at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Queen Charlotte in Her Coronation Robes portrait by Allan Ramsay at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Table with built in mirror before Adamesque fireplace at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Display case with porcelain at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Daybed sofa at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Engravings at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Robert Adam designs at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Blue drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Blue drawing with white marble fireplace at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Thomas Kennedy of Culzean 9th Earl of Cassillis portrait by William Mosman at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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White marble fireplace in Blue drawing at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Blue drawing room ceiling by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Blue drawing room ceiling by Robert Adam with painted roundel of mythological scene by Antonio Zucchi at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Blue drawing room ceiling by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Plenary indulgence (1750) issued to Sir Thomas by Pope Benedict XIV at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Rosewood table (1820s) by John McLean & Sons in Blue drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Long bookcase (1820s) supporting porcelain in Blue drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Neoclassical china cabinet in Blue drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Porcelain in Blue drawing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Music room fireplace by Robert Adam & Adamesque mirror at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Music room with Culzean seen from sea painting (c1816) by Alexander Nasmyth at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Music room with Culzean painting (c1816) by Alexander Nasmyth at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Harp in music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Porcelain plate in music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Music stand in music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Culzean Castle from North with Ailsa Craig painting (c1816) by Alexander Nasmyth at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Archibald Kennedy (1847-1938) 3rd Marquess of Ailsa portrait by Anthony Carey Stannus at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | 'Vanguard' & 'Foxhound' off the Longships painting by Arthur Wellington Fowles at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Ceiling by Robert Adam in Music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Ceiling by Robert Adam in Music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Ceiling by Robert Adam in Music room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Fireplace with carving of Minerva by Robert Adam in Lady Ailsa's Boudoir at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Minerva carving detail on fireplace by Robert Adam with bust in Lady Ailsa's Boudoir at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Embroidered screen at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Embroidered screen panel of stork at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Drawing (1801) of Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Lady Ailsa's dressing room with fireplace & mirror by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Detail of medallion on Lady Ailsa's dressing room fireplace by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Cradle in shape of boat made by model makers at Ailsa Shipbuilders in Lady Ailsa's dressing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Washstand with basin & pitcher in Lady Ailsa's dressing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Vanity set in Lady Ailsa's dressing room at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Lady Ailsa's dressing room mirror by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Bath tub with mahogany surrounds (late 19thC) at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Four-poster bed with canopy at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Bedroom with Adamesque fireplace & cradle in shape of boat at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Cradle in shape of boat at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Chinese export porcelain punchbowl at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | General Dwight D. Eisenhower desk where he was given top floor of Culzean Castle as gratitude for his WWII service. Maybole, Scotland. | Firth of Clyde & Isle of Aaran seen from Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Coastal view at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Flowers over water off Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Decorative antique canons at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Archway to gardens at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Perimeter wall at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Triumphal arch entrance to Culzean Castle grounds. Maybole, Scotland. | Family crest atop triumphal arch at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Pillared gateway to stables at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Home farm complex (1776) by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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Home farm complex (1776) by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. | Archway entrance to home farm complex (1776) by Robert Adam at Culzean Castle. Maybole, Scotland. |
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