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Creator:
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Title(s):

Ædes Walpolianæ, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall in Norfolk : the seat of the Right Honourable Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford.

Published/Created:
London : [s.n.], 1747.
Physical Description:
xxxv, 122 p., [6] leaves of plates (some folded) : ill., ports., plans. ; 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N5247 W3 1747+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Plates by George Vertue; after Christian Friedrich Zincke, and Thomas Ripley.
Dedication signed: Horace Walpole.
Subject Terms:
Engraving -- Specimens -- 1747.
Houghton Hall (England)
Houghton Hall (England) -- Poetry.
Hughs, John -- Printer.
Painting -- England -- Norfolk -- Catalogs.
Painting -- Private collections.
Painting, Italian -- England -- Norfolk -- Catalogs.
Walpole family -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
Contributors:
Whaley, Nathanael, 1637?-1709. Journey to Houghton.
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  • A description of the pictures at Houghton-Hall
  • A sermon on painting
  • A journey to Houghton : a poem / by the Rev. Mr. Whaley

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