Waddesdon Gardener's ale with quince, from the estate, Bucks, England, UK

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Tony SmithImage ID:
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4000 x 3000 px | 33.9 x 25.4 cm | 13.3 x 10 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
8 August 2013Location:
Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JHMore information:
. Waddesdon Gardener's ale with quince, from the estate, Bucks, England, UK. Photographed on 8 August 2013. The recorded location is Waddesdon Manor, Bicester Rd, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England , UK HP18 0JH. Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England, UK. The house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild. Waddesdon Manor was built from 1874 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild in the style of a French Renaissance château and is now managed by the National Trust on behalf of the Rothschild Foundation. Its collections bring together French decorative arts, furniture, clocks, ceramics, paintings, textiles and sculpture assembled through the Rothschild family's collecting networks. Close-up photographs of individual objects therefore sit within a broader story of nineteenth-century wealth, collecting and European craftsmanship. In historical terms, brewing combines agricultural ingredients with fermentation, engineering and a long tradition of local brands; Handpumps, casks, brewery vessels and beer labels are all part of the material culture of British ale, particularly the revival of small breweries and cask-conditioned beer from the late twentieth century onwards. As background, public houses form a distinctive part of British social history, combining licensed drinking, hospitality and community life; Older pubs can reveal changing fashions in brewing, tied houses, coaching routes, urban development and leisure, while modern bars show how the licensed trade continues to adapt. Looking at the subject's development, images of homes and residential development can become important evidence of regeneration, demolition and tenure change, particularly where large estates or industrial buildings are later substantially altered. Useful indexing vocabulary includes real ale, cask ale, craft beer, pub trade, and beer production.