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Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole.
- Catherine Shorter, 1682
- St Martin at Tours' Church, Houghton
Catherine, Lady Walpole. Dahl's half-length painting of Sir Robert's wife Catherine shows the sitter as a young woman and hangs today at Houghton Hall today. In actuality, Lady Walpole did not feel comfortable at Houghton and preferred her house on Dover Street, London.
Hace 5 días · Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a white marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. The square plinth is by sculptor J.M. Rysbrack surmounted by a copy of a Roman statue of Modesty by F. della Valle.
On 30 July 1700, Walpole married Catherine Shorter (1682–1737), the eldest daughter and co-heiress of John Shorter of Bybrook in Ashford, Kent (the son of Sir John Shorter (1625–1688), Lord Mayor of London) by his wife Elizabeth Philipps (born c. 1664), a daughter of Sir Erasmus Philipps, 3rd Baronet.
Overlooking this monument is a beautiful piece of sculpture, also the work of an Italian artist, named Valory, to the memory of Catherine, Lady Walpole.
Catherine, Lady Walpole (de soltera Shorter; 1682 - 20 de agosto de 1737) fue la primera esposa del primer primer ministro británico, Robert Walpole, desde 1700 hasta su muerte.
Artwork Details. Overview. Catalogue Entry. Provenance. References. Title: Portrait of a Woman. Artist: Michael Dahl (Swedish, Stockholm 1659–1743 London) Medium: Oil on canvas. Dimensions: 77 1/4 x 51 3/4 in. (196.2 x 131.4 cm) Classification: Paintings. Credit Line: Gift of Margaret Bruguière, in memory of Louis Bruguière, 1956.
