A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figu...
Description:
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figu...
Description:
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
A collection of notes by Horace Walpole over the course of three years -- 1759, 1771, 1786 -- on a very wide range of topics. The volumes for 1759 and 1771 include: notes on books he is reading; observations about historical events and historical figu...
Description:
Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, youngest son of Robert Walpole, first earl of Orford (1676-1745), Britain's longest-serving prime minister.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Art, British, Art, Private collections, Historic buildings, Manors, Castles, Aristocracy (Social class), Homes and haunts, Politicians, Authors, English, Kings and rulers, History, and Social life and customs
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams...
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s?
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams...
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s?
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
Lithograph of six buildings, with eagle and flags at top of page. The buildings represented are a church; Masonic hall; hotel designated as the "Colonado House" and captioned "Hotel at Matagorda, Texas"; courthouse; the residence of Col. R.H. Williams...
Alternative Title:
Views of Matagorda, Texas and Hotel at Matagorda, Texas
Description:
BEIN WA Prints 381 copy 2: Manuscript note at top of sheet: T.[?]H. Wright, Oct 29, 1943, gift? 1850s?
Publisher:
Ed. Lang lith
Subject (Geographic):
Matagorda (Tex.), Texas, and Matagorda.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Buildings, and Historic buildings
A view of Newstead Abbey as seen from the front beyond the surrounding stone wall. Two boys, one leaning on the wall the other sitting on it, watch as a coach pulls around the circular drive, in the center of which stands a fountain
Description:
Title and artist from ms. note on verso in Horace Walpole's hand.
Subject (Geographic):
England and Nottinghamshire.
Subject (Name):
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 and Newstead Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Abbeys, Dwellings, and Historic buildings
Autograph document on parchment containing a very detailed household inventory of the contents of the 94 rooms of Ingatestone Hall. Compiled after the death of Robert, third Lord Petre, the inventory includes the contents of the servants' quarters ...
Description:
Signed by: Richard Chendry, Thomas Wright and John Barker.
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Essex (England)
Subject (Name):
Petre family. and Petre, Robert Petre, Baron, 1599-1638.
Subject (Topic):
Ingatestone Hall, Catholics, Material culture, and Historic buildings
