The plans, elevations and sections, chimney-pieces and cielings of Houghton in Norfolk :
built by the Rt. Honourable Sr. Robert Walpole ... Earl of Orford &c. : the whole designed by Thomas Ripley, Esqr. /
delinated by Isaac Ware and William Kent Esqrs. : and most elegantly engrav'd by the ingenious Mr. Fourdrinier ; with a description of the house and of the elegant collection of pictures.

Description

Related Names

Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Fourdrinier, Paul, 1698-1758.
Kent, William, 1685-1748.
Ware, Isaac, 1704?-1766.
Ripley, Thomas, -1758.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Sold by C. Fourdrinier ..., Mr. Lewis ..., Messrs. Piers and Webley ..., 1760.

Subjects

Walpole, Robert, > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, / 1676-1745.
Walpole, Robert, > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, / 1676-1745 > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, / 1676-1745 / Homes and haunts > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, / 1676-1745 / Homes and haunts / England > Walpole, Robert, / Earl of Orford, / 1676-1745 / Homes and haunts / England / Norfolk.
Houghton Hall (England)
Houghton Hall (England)
Painting > Painting / Private collections.
Neoclassicism (Architecture)
Manors.
Homes.
Architecture > Architecture / Details.
Painting > Painting / Private collections > Painting / Private collections / England > Painting / Private collections / England / Norfolk > Painting / Private collections / England / Norfolk / Early works to 1800.
Neoclassicism (Architecture) > Neoclassicism (Architecture) / England > Neoclassicism (Architecture) / England / Norfolk > Neoclassicism (Architecture) / England / Norfolk / Early works to 1800.
Architecture > Architecture / Details > Architecture / Details / Early works to 1800.
Manors > Manors / England > Manors / England / Norfolk > Manors / England / Norfolk / Designs and plans > Manors / England / Norfolk / Designs and plans / Early works to 1800.
England > England / Norfolk.
Early works.
Architectural drawings.
Engravings (prints)

Note

Plans, elevations and sections mostly signed in the plate: T. Ripley arch., I. Ware delin., P. Fourdrinier sculp. Ceilings and chimney pieces mostly signed in the plate: W. Kent inv., I. Ware delin., P. Fourdrinier sculp. Four of the plates were engraved by Ware rather than Fourdrinier.
Ill. include 9 double plates, hinged at centerfold.
Engraved title leaf and pref.
1st ed. published: London : I. Ware, 1735. This 2nd ed. includes "A description of the most magnificent seat of Houghton-Hall in Norfolk ... with a description of the elegant collection of pictures" (p. 1-10, in double columns), taken from Horace Walpole's Aedes Walpoliana.

Physical Description

[4], 10, [2] (blank) pages, 37 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations, plans ; 64 cm

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