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Hertford House:
The Wallace Collection, in Hertford House, Manchester Square, has priceless items of every conceivable sort and material and inspiration, yet almost nothing that the cynical critic could call "junk." In painting it has such famous small canvases as Hals's Laughing Cavalier and Fragonard's The Stving. The Wallace Collection is commonly compared to the collection assembled by the Grand Conde (Prince Louis II) in France's Chateau de Chantilly.
Among formerly private houses possessing art works is Apsley House, at Hyde Park Corner, once the residence of the Duke of Wellington and now containing the National Wellington Museum.There are also notable examples of with an atrium (an interior court surrounded 1$ rooms). Some of these are of relatively ancie construction, such as the House with the Wood Partition, the Samnite House, and the House -5^51 Neptune and Amphitrite. Of unusual design £jt(,er the great villas in the southern part of the ci including the House of Argo, the House of t Hostelry, the House of the Mosaic Atrium, a the House of the Deer. In these houses the t ditional plan is modified. The peristilia (cole naded courtyards), the gardens, reception haj and other rooms were oriented toward the sot in order to take advantage of the view towa the sea.
Economic position: One of man's great problems, as a house mouse damages property, food, and clothing It is thought that the common, unwelcome house mouse probably originated somewhere in Asia, but it has spread throughout Europe, America, and practically the entire world. The house mouse is always found accompanying man in every environment. Although the house mouse is a pest, it does make an interesting and gentle pet.
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