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treasures of the palaceThe Lennoxlove CasketThe Emperor NapoleonBust of NapoleonSusan BeckfordOctagonal plateSlideshow of travelling service of Princess Pauline BorgheseCutlery from the tea service of Emperor Napoleon IDuchess Susan's music bookJug from tea or breakfast serviceDouble salt from tea service of Emperor Napoleon I

 
             
 
  When Daniel Defoe visited Hamilton Palace in 1706, he remarked that 'the pictures, the furniture and the decoration of every thing is not to be describ'd but by saying that every thing is exquisitely fine and suitable to the genius of the great possessors'. During the nineteenth century, the 10th Duke's collecting activities made the Palace internationally famous, a veritable treasure trove of amazing paintings, furniture and objets d'art which travellers came from far and wide to admire. Now dispersed throughout the world, many of these items are prime exhibits in important museums, and a selection has been reassembled here, to give some idea of the richness of that unique but vanished collection.  
                 
  the Lennoxlove Casket   portraits   furniture   other objects  
                 
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  treasures in the long gallery  
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  the long galleryJames, 6th Duke of Hamilton - click for further informationWilliam, 3rd Duke of Hamilton - click for further information'Daniel in the Lions' Den' - click for further informationAmbassadorial Throne - click for further informationPair of Armoires - click for further informationPair of Armoires - click for further informationMarble chimney-pieces - click for further informationMarble chimney-pieces - click for further informationJames, 6th Duke of Hamilton - click for further informationWilliam, 3rd Duke of Hamilton - click for further information'Daniel in the Lions' Den' - click for further informationAmbassadorial Throne - click for further informationPair of Armoires - click for further informationPair of Armoires - click for further information  
                 
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