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Hace 4 días · Horace Walpole (born September 24, 1717, London, England—died March 2, 1797, London) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector known for his novel The Castle of Otranto (1764), the first Gothic novel in the English language and one of the earliest literary horror stories.
- Horace Walpole
Walpole consciously cultivated letter writing as an art. His...
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Strawberry Hill, Gothic Revival home of Horace Walpole,...
- Horace Walpole
Hace 1 día · When Walpole died in 1797, his Roman bust changed hands several times, with some owners mistaking the visage for Alexander the Great. Experts eventually lost track of the statue’s whereabouts ...
Hace 4 días · The bust, originally gifted to Horace Walpole, the renowned writer, aesthete, and Whig politician, by British envoy to Italy Horace Mann, was last seen in public during the ‘Great Sale’ of 1842. The sale dispersed most of Walpole’s prized collection into private hands, leading to the bust’s disappearance for 182 years.
Hace 3 días · El descubrimiento del busto de Calígula ocurrió de manera fortuita, un hecho muy apropiado ya que fue precisamente Horace Walpole quien acuñó el término « serendipia », que significa hacer ...
Hace 1 día · Le buste de l’empereur romain Caligula, identifié par Silvia Davoli, va retourner au musée Strawberry Hill à Londres, l’ancienne demeure de son ancien propriétaire, Horace Walpole. La ...
Hace 2 días · Encuentran un busto de Calígula realizado hace 2.000 años cerca del Vesubio Durante mucho tiempo perteneció al político Horace Walpole, que pensaba que era un busto de bronce de Alejandro Magno.
Hace 3 días · Strawberry Hill, Gothic Revival home of Horace Walpole, located on the River Thames in Twickenham (now in Richmond upon Thames, an outer borough of London), Eng. Walpole bought the house as a cottage in 1747 and gradually transformed it into a medieval-style mansion that suggested in its atmosphere.
