The Portland Collection
The Portland Collection was developed over 400 years by an extended English aristocratic family, which descended from Bess of Hardwick.
Visit to see an astonishing selection of fine art and objects, which range from ancient Roman gems to the pearl earring that Charles I wore at his beheading. Artists include Sir Anthony Van Dyck, Michelangelo, John Singer Sargent, and George Stubbs.
The collection takes its name from the Dukes of Portland, who owned Welbeck from 1755 to 1977 and whose descendants live there today. […] The Portland Collection is a composite picture of the lives, enthusiasms and eccentricities of ten generations of one family, a few of whom are famous but most of whom are not.
Michael Hall, Treasures of The Portland Collection