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Author Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British
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Page 1 of 9 listing the pictures in the major rooms at Houghton Hall, with titles, artists, dimensions and short descriptions. Mentions Giulio Romano's copy of Raphael, Battle of Constantine and Maxentius in the Vatican and quotes a story by Zosimus in Latin.
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Title: A Description of Houghton Hall: The Breakfast Room, The Supping Parlour
Author:
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London)
Date: 1743
Medium: Pen and brown ink
Dimensions: sheet: 22 13/16 x 14 3/16 in. (58 x 36 cm)
Classification: Manuscripts
Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
Accession Number: 25.62.9r
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