George Frederic Watts (British/English, 1817-1904) • Jane 'Jeanie' Elizabeth Hughes • 1857-58 • National Trust
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State Bedroom,
Castell Powys, Welshpool, Powys, Wales.
(c) J.A. Phillips
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The old kitchen at Canons Ashby Manor
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The Coronation of the Virgin, Rebecca Dulcibella Orpen (after Jacopo di Cione), 1877
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Lynx reintroduction in need of public support: the National Trust is restoring parts of Northumberland that could support a lynx population.
Wild lynx have been extinct in the UK for 1,300 years due to hunting and habitat destruction.
In an effort to rewild and rejuvenate the land, a family of beavers were reintroduced in 2023. Europe has had success with reintroducing both species.
Anyone who lives near should go to these exhibitions and voice their public support! It's such an amazing opportunity ❤
"We've lost so much wildlife, and the jigsaw of life is really quite broken, so bringing back species like beaver and lynx could really help restore nature," Mr Pratt, of Northumberland Wildlife Trust.
"The lynx has been successfully reintroduced in countries like Germany, Switzerland, France, Italy and Slovenia."
"Lynx were once widespread in the UK but disappeared in medieval times because they were hunted for their fur."
It's literally called The Missing Lynx Project !!!! 😻😻😻😻😻😻😻
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John Sales VMH, gardener (May 1, 1933 - December 29, 2022)
For 25 years, from 1973-98, he was in charge of the National Trust’s parks and gardens, at a time when the nation embraced garden visiting on a scale never seen before.
Donald Sales’s time as head of gardens left the trust with the healthiest, best managed, historically and stylistically most diverse portfolio of gardens the world may ever know.
A walled garden at Nymans, West Sussex - The 14th-century moated Scotney Castle, Kent - Westbury Court, Gloucestershire - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire - The formal cherry garden at Ham House, Richmond upon Thames - Powis Castle and Garden, in Powys - Biddulph Grange Garden, Staffordshire - The gardens at Erdigg, Wrexham - Tatton Park, Knutsford, Cheshire - The restored Dutch water garden at Westbury Court, Gloucestershire.
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Oil Painting, 1786, British.
By Angelica Kauffmann.
Portraying Elizabeth Foster, later the Duchess of Devonshire, in a white chemise dress.
National Trust Collection.
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