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

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

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Description 176 pages : illustrations (some color), map ; 29 cm Contents Machine derived contents note: Foreword 6 -- The Marquess of Cholmondeley -- -- Preface and Acknowledgements 7 -- Andrew Moore -- -- Introduction 9 -- The Marquess of Cholmondeley -- -- Inventories 10 -- Abbreviations 10 -- -- THE MAKING OF HOUGHTON -- -- 1 Britain's First Prime Minister 1 -- William Speck -- -- 2 The Architecture of the House 20 -- John Harris -- -- 3 Craftsmen at Houghton 25 -- Geoffrey Beard -- -- 4 The Genesis and Creation of a Great Interior 29 -- John Cornforth -- -- 5 The Planting of the Park 41 -- Tom Williamson -- -- 6 Sir Robert Walpole: The Prime Minister as Collector 48 -- Andrew Moore -- -- 7 The Sale to Catherine the Great 5 6 -- Andrew Moore -- -- 8 The Genesis of John Boydell's Houghton Gallery 65 -- Gregory Rubinstein -- -- 9 The Cholmondeleys at Houghton 74 -- Chloe Archer -- -- -- -- -- -- -- THE CATALOGUE -- -- Sebastian Edwards ʺ Andrew Moore ʺ Chloe Archer -- -- Introduction 82 -- -- Portraits of Sir Robert Walpole 83 -- -- A Tour of the House 86 -- THE GROUND FLOOR -- The Breakfast Room 87 -- The Hunting Hall 90 -- THE FIRST FLOOR THE FAMILY ROOMS -- The Common Parlour 94 -- The Study 97 -- The Little Bed Chamber -- and Little Dressing Room Ioz -- The Drawing Room 105 -- The Great Staircase IIo -- The Stone Hall 13 -- The Saloon 19 -- THE FIRST FLOOR -THE STATE ROOMS -- The Carlo Maratti Room 124 -- The Dressing Room Iz9 -- The Embroidered Bed Chamber 131 -- The Cabinet 135 -- The Marble Parlour I39 -- The Gallery 145 -- -- The 1779 Sale to Catherine the Great 1 5 -- -- Houghton Today I56 -- -- Sir Robert Walpole: A Chronology of his Life x6z -- The Walpole and Cholmondeley Families 163 -- Walpole Family Houses and Residences 164 -- Select Manuscript Sources 66 -- Select Bibliography 167 -- Exhibitions 170 -- List of Lenders 17I -- Contributors 171 -- Index 172 -- Photographic Credits 176 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) ..."--P. 7 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index Subject Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Art collections -- Exhibitions. Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Homes and haunts -- Exhibitions. Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- Norfolk. Cholmley family -- Homes and haunts -- Exhibitions. Houghton Hall (England) Houghton Hall (England) -- Exhibitions. Art -- Private collections -- England -- Norfolk -- Exhibitions. Interior decoration -- England -- Norfolk -- History -- 18th century -- Exhibitions. Manors -- England -- Norfolk. Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- England -- Norfolk -- Exhibitions. Neoclassicism (Architecture) -- England -- Norfolk. Norfolk (England) -- Buildings, structures, etc. Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs. Author Moore, Andrew W. Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England) Norwich Castle Museum. LC no. 2004300292 ISBN 0856674389

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