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Painted Hall (View From the Stairs)

The Painted Hall occupies the same space as the hall in the original Elizabethan house. The magnificent swirling ceiling murals by Louis Laguerre (1663–1721), which have an almost three-dimensional quality, depict scenes from the life of Julius Caesar. Combined with its black-and-white marble floors and gilt ironwork, it is a spectacular room

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Uploaded on April 19, 2017
Taken on May 25, 2010