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Power and plate: Sir Robert Walpole’s silver
05/2015 | 1346 | 157
Pages: 318-324
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Author:
Murdoch, Tessa (Murdoch, Tessa)
Subjects
artists:
Lamerie, Paul de / Wickes, George / Lukin, William
buildings:
Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Robert, First Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
dates:
1700-1749
subjects:
Silverwork / Estate inventories / Dinner services / Candelabras (candleholders) / Salvers / Domestic (house related concept) / Art dealers / Goldsmiths / Account books
subjects:
Tureens / Silver plate / Candleholders / Candlesticks / Decorative arts
Illustrations
Attributed works:
18. Wine cooler. Britannia standard, one of a pair, marked for the London goldsmith William Lukin (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York)
Attributed works:
19. Candelabra. One of a pair supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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20. Soup tureen. Supplied as a matching pair to that made by Paul Crespin by George Wickes (Norwich Castle Museum and Art Gallery)
Attributed works:
21. Bread basket. Supplied by Paul de Lamerie (The Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Collection, Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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22. Exchequer seal salver. Britannia standard, marked by Paul de Lamerie (Victoria and Albert Museum, London)
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23. The Stature of a Great Man, or the English Colossus, by George Bickham the Younger (British Museum, London)
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24. Scale drawing for a silver chandelier, possibly from the workshop of Paul de Lamerie (The Marquess of Cholmondeley, Houghton Hall)
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25. Two alternate designs for a silver chandelier crowned with an Earl's coronet and incorporating the Walpole family crest, a Saracen's head, ducally crowned, supplied by George Wickes
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26. A pull of the engraving of the circular Exchequer seal salver, supplied by William Lukin, engraved by Joseph Sympson (British Museum, London)
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27. 'Treasury' inkstand. Britannia standard, supplied by Paul de Lamerie
Exhibition Review
Houghton Revisited. Houghton Hall, Norfolk
07/2013 | 1324 | 155
Pages: 501-502
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Reviewer:
Laing, Alastair (Laing, Alastair)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Robert, First Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
dates:
2010-2019
museums and institutions:
Houghton Hall, nr. Kings Lynn, Great Britain / Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia
places:
Norfolk / King's Lynn
places:
England
subjects:
Reviews / Exhibitions
subjects:
Interiors / Country houses
Illustrations
Attributed works:
55. Holy Family with Sts Elizabeth and John, by Nicolas Poussin (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Houghton Hall, Norfolk, as shown in the exhibition in the frame that surrounded it when it was originally at Houghton Hall)
Attributed works:
56. Portrait of Pope Clement IX, by Carlo Maratti (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg; exh. Houghton Hall, Norfolk)
Short Notice
A new Walpole discovery
01/2006 | 1234 | 148
Pages: 34-37
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Author:
Bottoms, Edward (Bottoms, Edward)
Author:
Moore, Andrew (Moore, Andrew)
Subjects
collectors and dealers:
Walpole, Robert, First Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
dates:
1700-1799
media:
Paintings
patrons:
Walpole family
places:
England
print:
Walpole family
subjects:
Collecting / Portraiture / Collections, Private / Displays
Illustrations
Attributed works:
50. Portrait of Thomas Ripley, by Joseph Highmore. 1746. 127.2 by 101.5 cm. (National Portrait Gallery, London).
Attributed works:
51. Double portrait of Sir Robert and Lady Walpole, by John Eccardt and John Wootton. c.1747-54. 50.5 by 102.4 cm. (Lewis Walpole Library, Farmington CT).
Attributed works:
52. Portrait of John Locke, by Godfrey Kneller. 1697. 76 by 62 cm. (State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
54. Anne Lee, daughter of Sir Henry Lee of Ditchley, afterwards Lady Wharton, by Peter Lely. c.1680. 127 by 122 cm. (The Preservation Society of Newport County, Rhode Island).
Western art unattributed:
53. The Green Velvet Bedroom, dedicated to Venus, with Brussels tapestries and state bed designed by William Kent, Houghton Hall, Norfolk (Photograph: Neil Jinkerson).