A Description of Houghton Hall: The Gallery, continued
Page 9 of 9 listing the pictures in the main rooms at Houghton Hall, with titles, artists, dimensions and short descriptions. This completes Livy's poem relating to Poussin's Continence of Scipio.
Artwork Details
- Title: A Description of Houghton Hall: The Gallery, continued
- Author: Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London)
- Date: 1743
- Medium: Pen and brown ink
- Dimensions: sheet: 21 1/4 x 14 3/16 in. (54 x 36 cm)
- Classification: Manuscripts
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.62.13r
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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