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15 de may. de 2024 · Horace Walpole (1717–97) was the supreme dilettante and witty social commentator of the century. An ‘arbiter of taste’ and connoisseur of the arts, he played a large part in changing fashion and taste, and was proud of influencing others to follow his lead.
Hace 4 días · No. 45, on the west side of the square, was the house of the great Lord Clive, the founder of our Indian Empire—"that second Kouli Khan," as Horace Walpole styles him. Sated with success and honours, his restless spirit seems to have enfeebled his nervous system, and there is too much reason to fear that he fell by his own hand, in November, 1774.
15 de may. de 2024 · Horace Walpole : youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford; McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker; [1757]
15 de may. de 2024 · Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 Published / Created MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786] Publisher Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate Description Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy available as a pdf. Red morocco by Clarke & Bedford. Bookplate 2 early state, and a copy of the 2d Strawberry Hill fleuron.
8 de may. de 2024 · Description. The cabinet of miniatures and enamels [art original]. Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, designer. Drawing of the cabinet of rosewood, designed by Horace Walpole himself, that was kept in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill. Three small statues of ivory stand on top of the pediment; Walpole's arms are centered within the pediment below.
20 de may. de 2024 · The term Gothic novel refers to European Romantic pseudomedieval fiction having a prevailing atmosphere of mystery and terror. Its heyday was the 1790s, but it underwent frequent revivals in subsequent centuries. The first Gothic novel in English was Horace Walpole’s Castle of Otranto (1765).
9 de may. de 2024 · Horace Walpole works at Project Gutenberg. Horace Walpole's The Castle of Otranto (1764) is often regarded as the first true Gothic romance. Bram Stoker on Project Gutenberg. Ann Radcliffe - British Library. Ann Radcliffe is one of the founders of Gothic fiction.
