Balcony
Before the addition of the art galleries, this was where Annie and Merton displayed their paintings, frequently changing them to highlight their latest purchases. The glass dome above the staircase depicts a wonderful extravaganza of the night sky, with bats, owls, stars and comets, in contrast to the skylight and the fountain in the Main Hall, which both depict the daily transition of the sun, from sunrise to dusk. As well as many custom-designed decorations, East Cliff Hall is also full of upmarket off-the-shelf décor. For example, the ceiling above the staircase is framed by a gilded plaster panel reproduction of the Parthenon Frieze. This piece was bought from the Tynecastle Co. Ltd, a company which produced wallpapers and mouldings for fashionable interiors of the day. Artwork currently on display on the Balcony. Click on an artwork to find out more.
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Pereat
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Morning
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Night
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Repose
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The New Model
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Girl Knitting
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Venetian Scene
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A Tempting Bait
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Study for Boulter’s Lock, Sunday Afternoon
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Scene in Rotterdam
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How the Danes came up the Channel a Thousand Years Ago
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Harvest Time
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Landscape
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Seascape
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Venetian Water-Carrier
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The Love Message
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Driving Sheep, Surrey
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Glen Sannox, Isle of Arran
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Judith
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Chateau and Two Bridges
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Landscape with Bridge
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Cherubs
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The Land's End, Cornwall
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A Grecian Girl
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Rising Tide - Coast of Scilly
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An Autumn Morning
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A Breezy Day, Cornwall
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Piazza San Marco
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The Shiva Slave
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Home from Work (or Evening)
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An Autumn Morning, Anacapri
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A Shady Retreat
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Good News and Bad News
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Study for Reclining Nude
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Cattle by the Water's Edge
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The Awakening: Reading Galileo
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A Woodland Ride
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The Waterfall
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Monte Carlo and Monaco from Cap Martin
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Barges on the Thames
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Griselda
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Landscape, Autumn Blue and Gold
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The Cowl Maketh Not the Monk
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River with Barges and a Windmill
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Fisherwomen at Scheveningen
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La Fumeur
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Little one who straight has come Down the heavenly stairs…
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On the Cornish Coast