2-697-418 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, 1894. The Hall was the home of Bess of Hardwick, one of the wealthiest women in Elizabethan England. It was designed by the architect Robert Smythson in the 1590s to replace her previous house, the Old Hall. It is a leading example of the Elizabethan prodigy house. From Beautiful Britain; views of our stately homes. [The Werner Company of Chicago, 1894]