Ashridge House - Hoskins Room - fireplace
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Ashridge House - Hoskins Room - fireplace
Image: © Rob Farrow Taken: 6 Aug 2014
This magnificent fireplace was imported by Lady Marian Alford from Italy in the late 1850s and bears the inscription "G. Pandiana fece in Milano 1353" - (i.e. made in Milan in 1353). Who the lady depicted in the cartouche is, remains a mystery.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.799534
Longitude
-0.560072