Horace Walpole (The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts #9)

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Synopsis
An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the artsHorace Walpole (1717–1797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters. In this book, eminent scholar Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis provides an unprecedented look at the life and work of one of England’s greatest men of letters. Lewis sheds light on Walpole’s relationships with his family and friends, his politics, his writings and printmaking activities, and his correspondence. Featuring portraits of Walpole, his relatives, and friends; images of Walpole's sketches and manuscripts; pages from books printed at Walpole’s Strawberry Hill Press; and views and plans of Strawberry Hill, the house, its rooms and furnishings, and its grounds, and accompanied by Lewis’s extensive annotations, this book provides an invaluable history of an extraordinary man.
Copyright:
1961

Book Details

Book Quality:
Publisher Quality
Book Size:
244 Pages
ISBN-13:
9780691252070
Related ISBNs:
9780691097909, 9780691252063
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
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Copyrighted By:
the Trustees of the National Gallery of Art Washington, D.C.
Adult content:
No
Language:
English
Has Image Descriptions:
No
Categories:
History, Nonfiction, Romance, Art and Architecture, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Language Arts, Communication
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Bookshare Staff
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This is a copyrighted book.

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