Sr. Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, 1744 [graphic]Vertue, George, 1684-1756, printmaker[1752]eng"Portrait of Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, bust directed to left, wearing long, curly wig, robes and chain of the Order of the Garter, and lace cravat; in ornamental oval frame on table, on which are papers, purse of the Great Seal, portrait bust, plumed hat, cornucopia with money, and other emblems; coat of arms at lower right."--British Museum online catalogueTitle from text in image.Year "1735" at end of artist's signature later changed to "1744" on plate. For the later state with altered date, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 33 30 Copy 4.Publication information from that of the volume to which this plate is the frontispiece.Frontispiece to: Walpole, H. Aedes Walpolianae, or, A description of the collection of pictures at Houghton-Hall ... London : [Robert Dodsley], printed in the year MDCCLII [1752].Sheet trimmed within plate mark.Engraved after the enamel miniature kept by Horace Walpole in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill.Mounted on page 166 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13.1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; sheet 22.1 x 15.9 cm.Sheet trimmed to plate mark.For further information, consult library staff.