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A Description of Houghton Hall: The Gallery, continued

1743
Not on view
Page 8 of 9 listing the pictures in the main rooms at Houghton Hall, with titles, artists, dimensions and short descriptions. This describes paintings by Italian and Flemish masters and discusses a pair of paintings by Castiglione, Cyrus, an unknown subject, and Poussin's Continence of Scipio, mentioning a Latin text by Livy.

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  • 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 5/8 x 16 5/16 in. (55 x 41.5 cm)
  • Classification: Manuscripts
  • Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
  • Object Number: 25.62.12v
  • 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"]
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
1550–early 20th century
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Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
before 1753
Title Page: 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
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
1743
A Chronological Table of the Principal Painters and Schools
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
1743
Sermon on Painting, continued
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
1742

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