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Bramshill Park in Hampshire by Garnet Wolseley by courtesy of Lord Brocket Bramshill

Bramshill Park in Hampshire
by Garnet Wolseley
by courtesy of Lord Brocket
Bramshill House has been the location of the Police Staff College, Bramshill since 1960. Previously it had been the home of Lord Brocket, and of the exiled King Michael I of Romania. The house stands in 269 acres of land, and is a Jacobean mansion. Reference to Bramshill (Bromeselle) can be traced back to Saxon times. In 1605, Edward Zouche, 11th Baron Zouche of Harringworth, bought the property from Sir Stephen Thornhurst of Agnes Court, Kent, and demolished a large part of the building and began to build the present house. This was completed in 1612. In 1699 it passed to Sir John Cope. The famous Bramhill ghost is thought to be a member of Sir John Cope's family, and is associated with the Legend of the Mistletoe Bough.
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The Court at Brighton a La Chinese - 1816 by George Cruikshank (1792-1878) British

The Court at Brighton a La Chinese - 1816
by George Cruikshank (1792-1878)
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This painting satirises the Prince Regent's passion for Chinoiserie which culminated in the building of Brighton Pavilion; seen here instructing Lord Amherst to get fresh patterns of Chinese deformities to finish the decorations of g. Pavilion'London, England
George Cruikshank (27 September 1792 - 1 February 1878), son of the Scottish painter and caricaturist Isaac Cruikshank, was a caricaturist and book illustrator. His 60-year career began with political prints that attacked the royal family and leading politicians (in 1820 he received a royal bribe of ?100 for a pledge "not to caricature His Majesty (George III of the United Kingdom) in any immoral situation.") He went on to create social caricatures of British life for popular publications such as The Comic Almanack (1835-1853) and Omnibus (1842). Later in his career, his book illustrations for Charles Dickens and many other authors reached an international audience.
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Hurstmonceux Castle, Sussex by Turner Joseph Mallord William Turner (born in Covent Garden

Hurstmonceux Castle, Sussex
by Turner
Joseph Mallord William Turner (born in Covent Garden, London on April 23, 1775 (exact date disputed), died December 19, 1851) was an English Romantic landscape artist, whose style can be said to lay the foundations for Impressionism.
Hurstmonceux Castle is a fine brick courtyard castle licenced in 1441. Castle constructed in 1441 comprising quadrangle plan with octagonal towers in each corner. It was gutted for building material in 1777 and restored between 1911-30.
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