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A baroque Virginia treasure house: Landon Carter's Sabine Hall.
Sabine Hall is one of a small handful of large baroque houses constructed in Virginia before 1740. Situated on the Rappahannock River in Richmond County, it was built in 1738 and finished and furnished in a grand style by Landon Carter (Fig. 3), the son of Robert "King" Carter of Corotoman Plantation in Lancaster County, Virginia (see Fig. 14). (1) With its commanding scale, prominent location, and familial connections, Sabine Hall quickly became a social and political powerhouse. It remains in the Carter family, and though it is much altered, it still contains many of its original portraits, furniture, silver, and ceramics, as well as good parts of its colonial terraced ...
- Masters of their universe.(Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and...
- Magazine article from: The Nation Berlin, Ira November 29, 2004 700+ words
LANDON CARTER'S UNEASY KINGDOM: Revolution and...Two of the best are Rhys Isaac's Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and...sentiment. He named his home plantation Sabine Hall and constructed one of the great libraries...
- Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Social History Dierks, Konstantin June 22, 2006 700+ words
Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and...scientist and diplomat. The other--Landon Carter--was a wealthy slaveowner in Virginia...grudgingly turned his back on monarchy. Landon Carter would see his whole world turn upside...
- Rhys Isaac and history's Uneasy Kingdom: a review essay.(Landon Carter's Uneasy...
- Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History Sidbury, James May 1, 2006 700+ words
Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and...revolution. His long-anticipated Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom builds on that...of race in the United States. In Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom, Isaac addresses...
- A TOUR OF VIRGINIA'S HISTORIC HOMES.(COMMENTARY)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot May 10, 1998 700+ words
...glimpses into the daily lives of many early Virginia worthies. For instance, in her account of Sabine Hall, built around 1740 by Landon Carter, a son of Robert (``King'') Carter, she tells this colorful tale: ``Upon learning that...
- The ladies and the lottery: Elite women's gambling in eighteenth-century...
- Magazine article from: The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography Sturtz, Linda L April 1, 1996 700+ words
...necks of women's gowns, along with stays and hoops exaggerating waists and hips, emphasized the sex of the Landon Carter of Sabine Hall in Richmond County condemned his son's obsession with gambling. "These are the fellows which talk of freedom...
- 2008 editorial guide.(Buyers guide)
- Magazine article from: The Magazine Antiques June 1, 2009 700+ words
...A Tiffany and Company rediscovery, by Dale Cyrus Wheary: 102-103 A baroque Virginia treasure house: Landon Carter's Sabine Hall, by Ralph Harvard: 104-115 Douglas Volk and the arts and crafts in Maine, by Arlene M. Palmer: 116...
- The diary of a Revolution-era slaveholder.(FEATURES)(BOOKS)
- Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor August 17, 2004 700+ words
...intriguing diarist was Virginian Landon Carter. In "Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom," Australian...some 400 slaves. He lived at Sabine Hall, a magisterial estate overlooking...bring his new bride to live at Sabine Hall. Son and daughter-in...
- HISTORIC GARDEN WEEK IN VIRGINIA.(Flavor/Gracious Living)
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot April 23, 2006 700+ words
...St., (804) 333-3220. nTickets: $25 . nSpecial events: Refreshments at stable at Mount Airy. nSabine Hall, 1694 Sabine Hall Road nMount Airy, 361 Mill Pond Road nMenokin/Martin Kirwan King Conservation and Visitors Center, 4037 Menokin Road nGrove...