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Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress and the Heritage / edited by Andrew Moore.

Title
  1. Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress and the Heritage / edited by Andrew Moore.
Published by
  1. London : Philip Wilson ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club, 1996.

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Additional authors
  1. Moore, Andrew W
  2. Norwich Castle Museum
  3. Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)
Description
  1. 176 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., plans, ports.; 29 cm.
Summary
  1. Item discusses Sir Robert Walpole and his collecting, the sale of his pictures to Catherine the Great and the architecture, grounds etc of Houghton Hall.
Subject
  1. Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Art patronage -- Exhibitions
  2. Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions
  3. Houghton Hall (England) -- Exhibitions
  4. 1700-1799
  5. Mansions -- England -- Norfolk -- Exhibitions
  6. Historic buildings -- England -- Norfolk -- Exhibitions
Genre/Form
  1. k – Exhibition – v – publications.
  2. Exhibition catalogs
  3. History
Contents
  1. Foreword / Marquess of Cholmondeley -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Andrew Moore -- Introduction / Marquess of Cholmondeley -- The Making of Houghton -- 1. Britain's First Prime Minister / William Speck -- 2. The Architecture of the House / John Harris -- 3. Craftsmen at Houghton / Geoffrey Beard -- 4. The Genesis and Creation of a Great Interior / John Cornforth -- 5. The Planting of the Park / Tom Williamson -- 6. Sir Robert Walpole: The Prime Minister as Collector / Andrew Moore -- 7. The Sale to Catherine the Great / Andrew Moore -- 8. The Genesis of John Boydell's Houghton Gallery / Gregory Rubinstein -- 9. The Cholmondeleys at Houghton / Chloe Archer -- The Catalogue / Sebastian Edwards, Andrew Moore and Chloe Archer -- Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole -- A Tour of the House -- The 1779 Sale to Catherine the Great -- Houghton Today. Sir Robert Walpole: A Chronology of his Life -- The Walpole and Cholmondeley Families -- Walpole Family Houses and Residences.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Note
  1. Published to coincide with the exhibition held at Norwich Castle Museum, Oct. 12, 1996-Jan. 5, 1997, and at the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, Jan.- 20 April, 1997.
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-169) and index.
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