Coat of Arms of George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford

Anonymous, British, 18th century British

Subject George Walpole 3rd Earl of Orford British

after 1751

Not on view

Armorial with motto, "Fari quae Sentiat" supported by rampant stags, with a crown at top, and a head wearing a Phrygian cap. On the death of his father, the 2nd Earl, in 1751, George Walpole succeeded as 3rd Earl of Orford. On the death of his mother in 1781 he became the sixteenth Baron Clinton. Today his is largely remembered for selling over two hundred paintings from his grandfather's collection at Houghton Hall, Norfolk to the Catherine the Great in 1779.

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Title: Coat of Arms of George Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford
Artist: Anonymous, British, 18th century
Subject: George Walpole 3rd Earl of Orford (British, 1730–1791)
Date: after 1751
Medium: Engraving
Dimensions: sheet: 19 1/2 x 11 15/16 in. (49.5 x 30.3 cm)
Classification: Prints
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Object Number: 25.62.14v(a)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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