Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress and the heritage
Details
Type of record: Book
Title: Houghton Hall : the Prime Minister, the Empress and the heritage
Classmark: Bedford Collection D187
Additional creator(s): Moore, Andrew W (Editor); Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) (Former owner); Norwich Castle Museum (Host institution); Iveagh Bequest, Kenwood (London, England) (Host institution); Norfolk Museums Service (Sponsoring body); English Heritage (Sponsoring body)
Related people: Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745; Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745; Cholmley family
Publisher: Philip Wilson
Publication city: London
Date(s): 1996
Language: English
Size and medium: 176 pages
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/722143
Printed items catalogue: https://leeds.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?vid=44LEE_INST:VU1&docid=alma991009747939705181
Collection group(s): John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History
Description
"... 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.
"Norfolk Museums Service, English Heritage."
Includes bibliographical references (pages 166-169) and index.
Discusses Sir Robert Walpole and his collecting, the sale of his pictures to Catherine the Great and the architecture, grounds etc of Houghton Hall.
Provenance
Leeds University Library copy at D187: From the John Evan Bedford Library, gifted in 2019. Twenty-first-century pictorial bookplate on front flyleaf: John Evan Bedford. Former reference: HS/64.
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