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Old and New London
… of exceeding fine jewels." We may add here that in Walpole's "Catalogue of Royal and Noble Authors" there is a …
The Environs of London
… by Sir Gregory Page on a long lease to Captain Galfridus Walpole 126, (younger brother of Sir Robert, and uncle of the … Hasted's History of Kent, vol. i. p. 18. Hasted Captain Walpole, who was an officer of distinguished gallantry, and … Hutchinson's History of Durham. The Earl of Orford (Horace Walpole), from whose translation of part of Hentzner's …
Old and New London
… Misses Berry, the friends and correspondents of Horace Walpole, of whom we shall have more to say in our next chapter. Horace Walpole complains, in a letter to one of these ladies, that …
Survey of London
… were planned by Sir Aston Webb for a new owner, Sir Walpole Greenwell, but it is not known if they were carried … her son, 9th Duke, 191014. Military hospital, 191619. Sir Walpole Greenwell, 1st bt., 1919. No. 6. Like its neighbours, … in an unexecuted Campbell design dedicated to Robert Walpole and published in 1717. 250 If similarity in features …
Survey of London
… the world was largely due to the patronage of Sir Robert Walpole, 26 whose eldest son was the first occupant here. In … at the front of the house. Occupants include: 1st Baron Walpole, son of Sir Robert Walpole the statesman, later 2nd Earl of Orford, 172538. 2nd …
Old and New London
… which is engraved on the pedestal, and which, as Horace Walpole (who delighted in the mischief) says, made the king …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… as a painter and was appointed a Royal Academician. [H. Walpole, Anecdotes of Painters, 1798] The business took apps … both were mentioned by the inveterate letterwriter, Horace Walpole, who had some Gothic furniture by Hallett, and wrote … 1967, pp. 15859, fig. 1] STRAWBERRY HILL, Middlx (Horace Walpole). 1755: 20 September, Sofas, chairs, pier glass in …
A History of the County of Middlesex
… 15, pp. 22-3; Alum. Cantab. to 1751, iii. 246. Horace Walpole's Corresp. ed. W. S. Lewis (1937), i. 315; ii. 265. …
Old and New London
… founded on the practice of Mesmer; though Horace Walpole appears to draw a distinction between the curative …
The Environs of London
… of one of the periodical papers in favour of Sir Robert Walpole, and is supposed to be the person alluded to in the …