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Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of the first British prime minister Sir Robert Walpole.
31 mag 2024 · Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of Sir Robert Walpole, Viscount Walpole and Baron Houghton, has a white marble memorial in the south aisle of Henry VII's chapel in Westminster Abbey. The square plinth is by sculptor J.M. Rysbrack surmounted by a copy of a Roman statue of Modesty by F. della Valle.
Catherine, Lady Walpole. Dahl's half-length painting of Sir Robert's wife Catherine shows the sitter as a young woman and hangs today at Houghton Hall today. In actuality, Lady Walpole did not feel comfortable at Houghton and preferred her house on Dover Street, London.
4 giorni fa · Overlooking this monument is a beautiful piece of sculpture, also the work of an Italian artist, named Valory, to the memory of Catherine, Lady Walpole. The statue stands upon a square pedestal, upon which is an inscription which states that she was the first wife of Sir Robert Walpole, afterwards Earl of Orford, and that " 'Horace ...
Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford (British, London 1717–1797 London) 1743 Leaf from Aedes Walpolinae mounted with a hand-written sheet, two prints and a printed sheet with drawn additions: (a): Sermon on Painting, continued; (b): St. Peter's Church at Walpole; (c): Chateau de Picton; (d): Monument of Eudo de Arsie; (e) Printed text ...
Catherine, Lady Walpole (née Shorter; 1682 – 20 August 1737) was the first wife of British politician and Prime Minister Robert Walpole from 30 July 1700 until her death in Chelsea in 1737. She was buried on the Walpole estate at Houghton in Norfolk, England.
Catherine, Lady Walpole primary name: Walpole, Catherine other name: Shorter, Catherine
