From Country Living UK
What was life really like at Highclere Castle, the inspiration for Downton Abbey? A newly discovered set of photographs going to auction next month offer a behind-the-scenes, 120-year-old look at the country house in Hampshire, which has been the ancestral seat of the Carnarvon family since 1672.
The collection of 44 photographs show shooting parties hosted by George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and his wife, Almina Herbert, that were attended … (View original article)