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

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.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • 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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Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"], Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British, Etching, engraving, pen and ink, brush and wash, watercolor
Aedes Walpolianae, or a Description of the Collection of Pictures at Houghton Hall in Norfolk, the Seat of the Right Honorable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford (Interleaved with Drawings by Isaac Ware for: The Plans, Elevations, and Sections of Chimney Pieces, and Celings of Houghton Hall in Norfolk...1735) ["The Walpole Album"]
Author Written and assembled by Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur his Ally a Dish of Frogs, Anonymous, British, 18th century British, Etching with watercolor
The American Rattlesnake Presenting Monsieur his Ally a Dish of Frogs
Anonymous, British, 18th century
Publisher J. Barrow
November 8, 1782
The Censer, Martin Schongauer German, Engraving
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Martin Schongauer
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The Able Doctor, or America Swallowing the Bitter Draught, from The London Magazine, Anonymous, British, 18th century British, Engraving
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May 1, 1774
Phaeton, from "The Four Disgracers", Hendrick Goltzius Netherlandish, Engraving
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Hendrick Goltzius
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