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The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, vol. V

1798
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  • Title: The Works of Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford, vol. V
  • Author: Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London)
  • Editor: Robert G. Berry
  • Publisher: G. G. J. & J. Robinson (London)
  • Publisher: J. Edwards (London)
  • Designer: Johann Aegidius Eccardt (British (born Germany), active London from, 1739, died 1779 London)
  • Engraver: James Heath (British, London 1757–1834 London)
  • Sitter: The Honourable Mary Bellenden (British, born Scotland, 1685–1736)
  • Sitter: Richard Bentley (British, Cambridge, baptized 1708–1782 London)
  • Sitter: John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll (British, 1678–1743)
  • Sitter: John Chute (British, 1701–1776)
  • Sitter: Henry Seymour Conway (British, 1719–1795)
  • Sitter: Thomas Gray (British, London 1716–1771 Cambridge)
  • Sitter: Mary Hervey, Lady Hervey of Ickworth (British, 1699/1700–1768)
  • Sitter: Hannah More (British, Bristol 1745–1833 Bristol)
  • Sitter: Henrietta Howard, Countess of Suffolk (British, ca. 1688–1767)
  • Sitter: Mary Selwyn (British, 1696–1777)
  • Sitter: William Wentworth, 2nd Earl of Strafford (British, 1722–1791)
  • Date: 1798
  • Medium: Illustrations: stipple engraving, engraving and etching
  • Dimensions: 12 1/2 x 9 1/2 in. (31.8 x 24.1 cm)
  • Classification: Books
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Smith, 1981
  • Object Number: 1981.1202.1(5)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford
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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
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1743
A Chronological Table of the Principal Painters and Schools
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1743
Sermon on Painting, continued
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1742
Sermon on Painting, continued, Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford British, Pen and brown ink
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1742

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