Leaf from Aedes Walpolinae mounted with (a): Elevation of Back Façade of the Kings House, Richmond, Surrey and (b): Perspective View of the Entrance Front of the Kings House, Richmond, Surrey
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- Title: Leaf from Aedes Walpolinae mounted with (a): Elevation of Back Façade of the Kings House, Richmond, Surrey and (b): Perspective View of the Entrance Front of the Kings House, Richmond, Surrey
- Artist: Augustus Heckel (German (active Britain), Augsburg 1690–1770 Richmond)
- Architect: Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke (British, ca. 1689/93–1751)
- Date: after 1727
- Medium: Pen and black ink, brush and gray wash
- Dimensions: Sheet: 28 13/16 × 20 5/8 in. (73.2 × 52.4 cm)
- Classification: Drawings
- Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1925
- Object Number: 25.62.66v(a,b)
- 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](https://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/dp/web-additional/DP829109.jpg)



