Harewood House
near Wetherby, Yorkshire - Earl of Harewood
"Harewood House is beautifully situated in a noble and gracefully undulating park,
and looks down over a garden upon a fine lake in front. Behind it, on the other side
of the hill on which it stands, are the ruins of Harewood Castle, overlooking the valley of
the Wharfe.
In the year 1080, William the Conqueror gave Harewood, with other large estates in Yorkshire,
to Robert de Romelli, said to have been of an ancient and eminent family in Normandy.
His only daughter, Cecily, married William de Meschines, Earl of Chester, who thus becase,
in 1120, Lord of Harewood.
The manor of Harewood has then been passed down to the Lascelles family,
via Edward Crouchback and Marmaduke Gascoigne amongst others."
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Bonded onto a rigid card support, with a conservation grade wash-lined mount.
With a conservation grade wash-lined mount, framed in a dark walnut and gold frame.