Chatsworth House (Interior)…

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Further images from our recent visit to Chatsworth House, Derbyshire, England.

(Shot raw and processed using: DxO PL Elite/ ViewPoint and Adobe LrC/ PS with Tony Kuyper Panels. Compilations are a mix of R7 - Karen and R5 - Phil).

You can find out more about the astonishing Chatsworth by clicking Here.

Phil and Karen


1. The Painted Hall, the largest and grandest room in the original house, is dominated by decorations painted by Louis Laguerre (1663-1721) which depict scenes from the life of the Roman General Julius Caesar (100-44 BC).

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4.5
• 1/400 sec
• ISO 6400

2. The Oak Room, as this room has been called since 1844, has been an overflow library, a bedroom, a space for prayers and even used for billiards. The room was radically changed by the 6th Duke of Devonshire in 1837. (The psychedelic carpet is a recent addition... ).

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 35.0 mm
• ƒ/9
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 500

3. The Chapel was built between 1688 and 1693. It has remained almost completely unaltered ever since. (The 2.5 metre bronze figure ‘Saint Bartholomew, Exquisite Pain’ by Damien Hurst is on loan from a private collection. On the stool sits the tools he used to create it).

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 6400

4. The State Drawing Room is part of a suite of rooms intended for the reception of the reigning monarch. The ceiling, by Louis Laguerre, depicts an Assembly of the Gods.

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/125 sec
• ISO 6400

5. The State Music Room has gilded leather walls. The central door is filled by a painting, ‘Tromph l’ceil Violin and bow hanging on the door‘ by Jan Van der Vaardt (1653-1727) - an optical illusion making the viewer question if it is an actual violin & bow or not. (Inset lower left - how to hide the room guide... ).

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/5.6
• 1/200 sec
• ISO 6400

6. The State Bed chamber contains the bed originally made for King George II. After the King’s death, the 4th Duke of Devonshire claimed it as a perk of his role as Lord Chamberlain. (The bed was originally moved from Kensington Palace to the Duke’s London residence, Devonshire House, in 1761).

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 14.0 mm
• ƒ/4
• 1/160 sec
• ISO 6400

7. The Library and Ante Room hold over 17,000 books, including the scientific manuscripts of Henry Cavendish (1731-1810), the man who calculated how to weigh the Earth.

• Canon EOS R5
• RF14-35mm F4 L IS USM
• 26.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 4000

(Source: Chatsworth).