Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress, and the heritage / edited by Andrew Moore
1996, 1st edition. London Wappingers' Falls, NY : Philip Wilson Publishers ; Distributed in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #424901
ISBN: 0856674389
Physical description; 176 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm. Notes; " ... published to coincide with the exhibition Houghton Hall: The Prime Minister, The Empress and The Heritage (Norwich Castle Museum, 12 October 1996-5 January 1997; The Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 23 January-20 April 1997) ..."--Page 7.Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index. At foot of title: Norfolk Museums Service, English Heritage. Contents; Foreword / Marquess of Cholmondeley -- Preface and Acknowledgements / Andrew Moore -- Introduction / Marquess of Cholmondeley -- The Making of Houghton -- 1. Britain's First Prime Minister / William Speck -- 2. The Architecture of the House / John Harris -- 3. Craftsmen at Houghton / Geoffrey Beard -- 4. The Genesis and Creation of a Great Interior / John Cornforth -- 5. The Planting of the Park / Tom Williamson -- 6. Sir Robert Walpole: The Prime Minister as Collector / Andrew Moore -- 7. The Sale to Catherine the Great / Andrew Moore -- 8. The Genesis of John Boydell's Houghton Gallery / Gregory Rubinstein -- 9. The Cholmondeleys at Houghton / Chloe Archer -- The Catalogue / Sebastian Edwards, Andrew Moore and Chloe Archer -- Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole -- A Tour of the House -- The 1779 Sale to Catherine the Great -- Houghton Today. Sir Robert Walpole: A Chronology of his Life -- The Walpole and Cholmondeley Families -- Walpole Family Houses and Residences.
Price: €45.00