MAKE A MEME View Large Image Seat of John Collett, Esq. (JW Edy plate 47).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Ulivold the Seat of John Collett Esq No XLVII ULIVOLD THE SEAT OF JOHN COLLETT Esq This princely mansion is situated on a most admirable and well-chosen ...
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Keywords: Ulivold, the Seat of John Collett, Esq. (JW Edy plate 47).jpg Artwork Creator John William Edy en Ulivold the Seat of John Collett Esq No XLVII ULIVOLD THE SEAT OF JOHN COLLETT Esq This princely mansion is situated on a most admirable and well-chosen eminence about two miles distant from Oslo Christiania commanding the most enchanting prospects of that city its magnificent environs Oslofjord the Fiord harbour Ekeberg Egeberg and the whole country in every direction for miles around The house is quadrangular; three of its sides contain the principal apartments which are lofty and well furnished including a library billiard-table c c On the other side are the offices and servants rooms The inner quadrangle affords ample space for carriages On the side towards Christiania are spacious pleasure grounds shrubberies gravel walks decorative temples grottos baths obelisks statues a model of a ship flowers and shrubs with many other decorations peculiar to Norway or introduced by the taste of its late hospitable possessor By the side of the road on a small conical hill is an imitation of a Norwegian cottage ; in a small grove is a circular apparatus for the game of shooting the ring as performed in Germany ; and farther in the deep recess is an obelisk to the memory of a departed brother In agriculture every modern European improvement has been put in practice and liberally promoted for draining morasses and enriching the soil The farm which formerly presented a surface of schistus niger or black slate is cleared and with great expence and labour now covered with good vegetative mould so that luxuriant crops are to be seen in every direction The thrashing machine the drill plough and most of the agricultural implements of highest repute in England and other countries have been introduced There are also ample instructions posted up prescribing the time and order for putting seeds into the ground in their respective succession for nine years The building seen to the left of the house having two roofs and a turret is a very spacious cow-house constructed in a peculiar manner; it is the cleanest and most convenient for the animals that I ever saw It has two ranges of stalls one on each side divided from end to end of the building by a weil-boarded deal floor 40 feet wide kept as clean and neat as any drawing-room From the ceiling are suspended in a line down the middle large plate glass octangular hall-lanterns with brass frames On either hand appear the heads of the numerous cows one in each stall taking their provender from a small manger It is pleasing to observe the well-taught regularity observed by the herd on entering the building within the great doors are two passages leading to the stalls each beast well knowing its place files off to the right or left as it may be situated in the building mistakes sometimes occur and on such occasions the lawful possessor invariably turns out the intruder These stalls are admirably constructed having drains and pipes to convey away immediately all refuse to two reservoirs at some distance where it is carefully preserved particularly the fluid part which is most esteemed for manure The whole structure is an admirable specimen of cleanliness neatness and economy To shew how much it is distinguished for the two former of these qualities I have only to add that being devoid of the slightest odour it is frequently used as a ball-room by all the beauty and fashion of Christiania How different are our own buildings of this kind abounding in mire and filth where the animals are kept amidst putrid effluvia detrimental to their health their heads turned where their tails ought to be and the valuable manure negligently wasted This view was taken from a road leading from Oslo Christiania to Bogstad The hills in the distance are situated a little beyond the city near Ekeberg Egeberg Collapse bottom http //urn nb no/URN NBN no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway London 1820 Plate no 47 p 259 in scanned copy no-nb_digibok_2011072910001 PD-Art-100 John William Edy Boydell's picturesque scenery of Norway Ullevål gård in art
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