Dining room in the Huntington residence

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  Dining room in the Huntington residence

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  A table with six chairs around it, with three more chairs arranged against the wall. Four women stand in pairs looking at the portraits on the walls. The paintings are, from left to right, George Romney's Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Sir Thomas Lawrence's Emily Anderson: Little red riding hood (circa 1821), and Sir Martin Archer Shee's Frances (Woodis) Borlase, later Frances Grenfell, and Pascoe George Norman Grenfell (circa 1804). MS notes on verso read "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room" and "L.A. Chamber of Commerce."

  photCL 107 fld23 (18)

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  Dining room in the Huntington residence

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  View shows furniture and the fireplace. Above the fireplace is George Romney's Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 18 Dining room, Huntington Art Gallery."

  photCL 107 vol13 (18)

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  Six people in period costume around tea table in dining room in the Huntington residence

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  The people, from left to right, are Victor Mature, Connie Compaigne, Sheila Stapler, "Buck" Edgar Buchanan, Hal Landon, and Ann West (Wood). Compaigne and Buchanan are seated at a table in dining room, while a standing Mature speaks to Compaigne, and Stapler carries a silver tray. Landon is standing next to the fireplace speaking to a seated West. George Romney's Catherine (Halead) Burton (1789) hangs over the fireplace. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "Tea party group in Dining Room, Huntington Art Gallery. Original fireplace from old house in Hanover Square, London, 1755. Chairs, Georgian, about 1740. Tea table, about 1760." Buchanan has elsewhere been identified as Frederick Blanchard.

  photCL 107 vol13 (29c)

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  Three couples in period costume in the large drawing room in the Huntington residence

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  Two couples in period costume dancing in the large drawing room, another couple lounge next to the fireplace. On the walls are Joseph Wright of Derby's Young man with cap and gown (circa 1760) and George Romney's Margaret Beckford, later Margaret Orde, and Susan Euphemia Beckford, later Duchess of Hamilton: The Beckford Children (1789-1791). Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 39 Drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. On the wall, at right is portrait of the Beckford children by Romney."

  photCL 107 vol13 (39)

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  Dining room in the Huntington residence

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  In the foreground is a table with six chairs around it, on an area rug. Another four chairs are arranged against the wall. The paintings hanging on the wall are all by George Romney: (from left to right) Catherine (Halhead) Burton (1789), Penelope (Rycroft) Lee Acton (1791), and Jeremiah Miles (1780-1783). Above the table is a metal and glass chandelier with electric candles. MS note on verso reads "HEH residence as art gallery: dining room." Stamp on verso reads "Keystone Photo Service, 1231 Olive Street, Los Angeles, Cal." This photograph appeared in Pictorial California and the Pacific in November 1930.

  photCL 107 fld23 (16)

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  Six people in period costume in the small drawing room in the Huntington residence

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  Thomas Gainsborough's Anne (Luttrell), Duchess of Cumberland (circa 1777). A couple stands next to the fireplace. Two women and one man are seated at a table playing cards, with a man standing nearby. Label accompanying photograph in album reads "HEH 37 Small drawing room, Huntington Art Gallery, with figures. Same as PCP 12."

  photCL 107 vol13 (37)