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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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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
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.
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 ...
15 de abr. de 2024 · His wife, with whom he had been on indifferent terms, died in 1737, and he was married by March 3, 1738, to his mistress of long-standing, Maria Skerritt, a woman of great charm and wit. Three months later she died in childbirth. The war with Spain did not prosper, and opposition continued to mount against Walpole.
Hace 4 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]
14 de abr. de 2024 · Lady Dorothy Walpole (1686 – 1726) sister of Sir Robert Walpole (generally regarded as Britain’s first Prime Minister) was the Mistress of the Manor during the early eighteenth century. It was common knowledge that Lady Walpole’s marriage to Charles, 2 nd Viscount Townshend was not a happy one.
