Inspired by Baroque palaces of Europe, the 17th-century Petworth House displays one of the finest art collections in the care of the National Trust. The state rooms are filled with paintings and sculpture, including artwork by Van Dyck, Turner, Reynolds, Titian, Bosch and Gainsborough. Petworth House’s history has been created by one family over 900 years, with the collection highlighting a journey through history including the Gunpowder Plot and Napoleonic Wars. Other collection highlights include the earliest English globe in existence, dating to 1592, and carvings by Grinling Gibbons. Outside, the Pleasure Garden features formal borders, woodland walks, and architectural features, such as the Ionic Rotunda. The 700-acre Deer Park, which was transformed in the 1750s and early 1760s by the landscape architect Lancelot ‘Capability’ Brown, is home to ancient trees and fallow deer. petworth@nationaltrust.org.uk
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for the first time in twenty years, a wide range of Turner’s work, exhibited in the very place that inspired him - “the exhibition will add to people’s understanding of Petworth and show how it played a significant role in his life” - Dr Emily Knight
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