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A Catalogue of the Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill Collected by Horace Walpole
Strawberry Hill was a Gothic Revival villa in Twickenham, England, that served as the country home of Horace Walpole, a prominent 18th-century writer and politician. Walpole was a passionate collector of art, rare books, and curiosities, and his house was filled with treasures from all over Europe. This catalogue, written by Walpole himself, provides a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of England's most eccentric collectors. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Place-making for the Imagination: Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
Drawing together landscape, architecture and literature, Strawberry Hill, the celebrated eighteenth-century ’Gothic’ villa and garden beside the River Thames, is an autobiographical site, where we can read the story of its creator, Horace Walpole. This 'man of taste' created private resonances, pleasure and entertainment - a collusion of the historic, the visual and the sensory. Above all, it expresses the inseparable integration of house and setting, and of the architecture with the collection, all specific to one individual, a unity that is relevant today to all architects, landscape designers and garden and country house enthusiasts. Avoiding the straightforward architectural descript...
Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill
"Accompanies the exhibition Lost Treasures of Strawberry Hill: Masterpieces from Horace Walpole's Collection, 20 October 2018-24 February 2019"--Title page verso.
