Anecdotes of painting in England; with some account of the principal artists; and incidental notes on other arts; collected by the late Mr. George Vertue; / and now digested and published from his original MSS. by Mr. Horace Walpole. ...
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)
Category
Books
Date
1762
Materials
Place of origin
Twickenham
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3156441
Summary
Bibliographic description
4 v., plates : ports. ; 4to. Provenance: armorial bookplate (Franks 32318) on front pastedown in both vols.: 'Sir Armine Wodehouse Bart.' [i.e. Sir Armine Wodehouse, 5th Baronet (c. 1714-1777)]. Crest bookplate (Franks 32313) on front pastedown in both vols.: 'Wodehouse Kimberly 1838' [i.e. John Wodehouse, 2nd Baron Wodehouse (1771-1846)]. Capital letter "R" written in pencil on front free endpaper in both vols. Binding: eighteenth-century full sprinkled calf; gilt rolled outer border; sewn onto five raised bands; gilt-tooled spines; red spine labels: 'Walpole's Anecdotes of painting' and 'I[-II]'; edge rolled in gilt.
Makers and roles
Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (1717 - 1797)