HOUGHTON REVISITED, THE WALPOLE MASTERPIECES FROM CATHERINE THE GREAT'S HERMITAGE,

Beatrice Gullstrom; Alison Hissey; Elizabeth Horne; Carola Krueger; Peter Sawbridge; Nick Tite

ISBN 10: 1907533737 / ISBN 13: 9781907533730

Published by The State Hermitage Museum, Houghton Hall, Royal Academy of Arts, 2013

About this Item

First published on the occasion of the exhibition "Houghton Revisited: The Walpole Masterpieces from Catherine the Great's Hermitage" at Houghton Hall 17 May - 29 September 2013. First edition softcover in fine condition. Pictorial stiff-card wrappers. Top edge of spine lightly creased due to shelfwear. Contents are complete, clean, crisp and free from annotations, inscriptions or creases. International orders may require additional postage.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1642333716920

Bibliographic Details

• Title: HOUGHTON REVISITED, THE WALPOLE MASTERPIECES FROM CATHERINE THE GREAT'S HERMITAGE,
• Publisher: The State Hermitage Museum, Houghton Hall, Royal Academy of Arts
• Publication Date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1907533737
• ISBN 13: 9781907533730
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

In 1779 the family of Sir Robert Walpole, Britain's first Prime Minister, sold his remarkable art collection - described at the time as 'worthy, in the opinion of all connoisseurs, of belonging to one of the greatest sovereigns' - to Catherine the Great, Empress of Russia. More than two centuries later, these masterpieces, rarely seen outside Russia, return for a once-in-a-lifetime visit to Houghton Hall, Walpole's great country house in Norfolk. Houghton is one of Britain's most spectacular Palladian houses.