HOUGHTON HALL: THE PRIME MINISTER, THE EMPRESS AND THE HERITAGE
Language: English
Published by Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd, 1996
- First Edition
- Hardcover
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First Edition, First Printing. Published by Philip Wilson, 1996. Hardcover in near fine condition. Navy cloth with gilt lettering lightly bumped due to shelfwear. Colour photographic dust jacket in very good condition with black lettering on white spine, edgecreased and scratched. Decorative end papers. The rear endpaper with a pencil dedication. Contents are clean, complete, crisp and annotation free.The story of the patronage and collecting of Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of England. Walpole amassed a magnificent collection of paintings and sculpture at Houghton Hall, the country seat he built to house his collection. A large part of the collection was sold to Catherine the Great and remains in Russia, but family portraits, furniture, and sculpture still can be seen at Houghton Hall. Includes 9 essays on the building and furnishing of Houghton, Walpole as a collector, and the sale to Catherine the Great, which for the first time raised issues of the nation's heritage. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Additional postage may be requested from international orders. …
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- Title
- HOUGHTON HALL: THE PRIME MINISTER, THE EMPRESS AND THE HERITAGE
- Author
- Moore, Andrew (editor)
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Dust jacket
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0856674389
- ISBN 13
- 9780856674389
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The innovative grandeur of the building and the splendour of its contents combined to make Houghton one of the premier houses of England, and thus it has remained. But a large part of Walpole's collection of paintings was sold for just £40,000 by his grandson George, Earl of Orford, to Catherine the Great, enlightened and acquisitive Empress of Russia's Golden Age. The majority remain in Russia, and only family portraits, furniture and sculpture are still to be seen at Houghton.
Essays by experts including John Harris and John Cornforth discuss the building and furnishing of Houghton, the Prime Minister as collector, the sale to Catherine the Great, and its legacy. This lavish book is the first to do justice to the rich and complex heritage of Houghton, one of England's greatest treasures.
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