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Arrival of the Queen at the Lodge, Castle Howard, 1850. Queen Victoria visits the Earl of Carlisle in North Yorkshire. '...the road passes under an old-fashioned archway, flanked by battlemented walls, terminating at either end in small turrets. Another equally old-fashioned archway, crowned by a pyramidal ornament, is passed through, and then the road, turning to the right by the obelisk, is carried forward to the north front of the Castle. A few ornaments of flowers and evergreens decorated these archways, and completed the preparations for her Majesty's reception...At the most convenient points along the route the peasantry were collected to see their Queen, who acknowledged very graciously their simple-hearted demonstrations of loyalty'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.