Title & Author:

Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress, and the heritage / edited by Andrew Moore.

Publication:

London : Philip Wilson Publishers ; Wappingers' Falls, NY : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Antique Collectors' Club, 1996.

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.
"Published to coincide with the exhibition Houghton Hall ..., Norwich Castle Museum, 12 October 1996 - 5 January 1997"; the Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood, 23 January - 20 April 1997"--P. 7.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index.
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.
At foot of title: Norfolk Museums Service, English Heritage.
Current Copyright Fee: GBP30.00 0.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

Item discusses Sir Robert Walpole and his collecting, the sale of his pictures to Catherine the Great and the architecture, grounds etc of Houghton Hall.

Resources:
Table of contents
Contributor biographical information
Publisher description

ISBN:

0856674389
9780856674389
0856674443
9780856674440

Subject:

Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 Art collections Exhibitions.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 Homes and haunts Exhibitions.
Cholmley family Homes and haunts Exhibitions.
Cholmley family.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745.
Walpole, Robert, (1676-1740) Résidences et lieux familiers Expositions.
Walpole, Robert, (1676-1740) Collections d'art Expositions.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 Art patronage.
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 Art collections.
Houghton Hall (England) Exhibitions.
Houghton Hall (England)
Interior decoration England Norfolk History 18th century Exhibitions.
Art Private collections England Norfolk Exhibitions.
Neoclassicism (Architecture) England Norfolk Exhibitions.
Décoration intérieure Angleterre Norfolk Histoire 18e siècle Expositions.
Art Collections privées Angleterre Norfolk Expositions.
Néoclassicisme (Architecture) Angleterre Norfolk Expositions.
Art Private collections.
Homes.
Interior decoration.
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Mansions England Norfolk.
England Norfolk.
1700-1779

Form/genre:

Exhibition publications.
Exhibition catalogs.
History.

Added entries:

Moore, Andrew W.
Moore, Andrew.
Norwich Castle Museum.
Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England)

Holdings:

Location: Library main 133911
Call No.: ID:97-B337
Status: Available