The Alnwick Castle Podcast No.82: The 4th Duke and the Victorian rogue - with Peter Lindfield and Frances Mcintosh

Lindfield, Peter ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8393-9344 The Alnwick Castle Podcast No.82: The 4th Duke and the Victorian rogue - with Peter Lindfield and Frances Mcintosh. Available at: https://open.spotify.com/episode/6Mb0NvzfmnWsbiiXZ...

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Abstract

At Alnwick Castle, the 4th Duke of Northumberland is probably best known for his restoration of the castle in the 1850s and 1860s, transforming the State Rooms and creating the Great Kitchen. But before all that work began, he had encountered a man named George Shaw, who was able to convince him to buy a number of pieces of antique furniture from old Percy properties. The problem? George had faked this furniture, making it himself, and deceiving the duke about its origins. To find out more about this story, we spoke to Dr Peter Lindfield of Cardiff University - an expert on George Shaw - and Frances McIntosh of English Heritage, who looks after the Duke's Rooms at Warkworth Castle, where you can still see some of the George Shaw furniture bought by the 4th Duke. We found out just who George Shaw was, what happened when the duke figured out he'd been conned, and why this Victorian rogue might be considered a 19th century Robin Hood! We hope you enjoy hearing all about it. To visit the Duke's Rooms, please visit the Warkworth Castle website through English Heritage for full information.

Item Type:	Audio
Status:	Published
Schools:	Schools > Architecture
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain N Fine Arts > N Visual arts (General) For photography, see TR N Fine Arts > NK Decorative arts Applied arts Decoration and ornament
Publisher:	Alnwick Castle; Duke of Northumberland Estates
Funders:	The British Academy
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	24 August 2025
Last Modified:	12 Sep 2025 14:29
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/180610

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