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17 de abr. de 2024 · Facsimile of Lady Walpole's handwriting etched below image and above title. Plate from: Coxe, W. Memoirs of Horatio, Lord Walpole. London : Printed for T. Cadell, Jun. and W. Davies, 1802. Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted on page 22. Provenance Purchased from Sabin; November 1928. Extent
Hace 2 días · An elderly parson grovels on his hands and knees, putting his head under the petticoats of a lady who sits (left) with her hands raised in surprise. He acts at the direction of a boy (Prince William of Gloucester) wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner over a coat with a star, who stands (right) in profile to the left, stretching his right arm with an autocratic gesture; a spaniel licks his ...
17 de abr. de 2024 · "Triple three-quarter length portrait of the three Waldegrave sisters, seated beside one another at a small work-table; Lady Anna Horatia at right embroidering, with Lady Charlotte Maria at left, her head turned towards front, winding silk from skein which Lady Elizabeth Laura, centre, is holding; a curtain, pillars and trees behind them; after Reynolds (Mannings 1810); proof before letters ...
1 de abr. de 2024 · Son of Horatio Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford and Rachel Walpole, Countess of Orford. Husband of Sophia Walpole and Catherine Tunstall. Father of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford; Captain William Walpole; Col. John Walpole; Lady Sophia Walpole; Lady Georgina Mary Wolff and 6 others.
- June 13, 1752
- June 15, 1822 (70)London, England
- London, England
- Wickmere, Norfolk, England
15 de abr. de 2024 · Robert Walpole, 1st earl of Orford (born August 26, 1676, Houghton Hall, Norfolk, England—died March 18, 1745, London) was a British statesman (in power 1721–42), generally regarded as the first British prime minister.
- John Plumb
Hace 6 días · Gothic fiction is characterized by an environment of fear, the threat of supernatural events, and the intrusion of the past upon the present. [2] [3] The setting typically includes physical reminders of the past, especially through ruined buildings which stand as proof of a previously thriving world which is decaying in the present. [4]
15 de abr. de 2024 · Horace Walpole (1717–97) was an English writer, connoisseur, and collector best known for The Castle of Otranto, which was the first Gothic novel in English and among the earliest horror stories. He built the Gothic Revival mansion known as Strawberry Hill, and he was a committed writer of letters.
