BOYDELL (JOHN and JOSIAH, publishers) A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia, Lately... at Houghton in Norfolk, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, 1788
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BOYDELL (JOHN and JOSIAH, publishers)
A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk; with Plans, Elevations, Sections, Chimney Pieces & Ceilings, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, text in English and French, engraved portrait frontispiece of Empress Catherine II by Caroline Watson after Alexander Roslin in volume one, engraved portrait frontispiece of Robert Walpole by James Watson after Van Loo, engraved titles with large vignettes, engraved dedication to Catherine II with ornamental vignette incorporating the imperial eagle by P.P. Choffard, 28 engraved plans, elevations and interiors of Houghton Hall on 19 sheets, and 129 plates on 105 sheets, mostly engravings or mezzotints from paintings by Bartolozzi, Boydell, Farington, Earlom, Green, Fittler, Heath and others, after Rembrandt, Poussin, Claude, Leonardo, Caracci, Rubens, Titian and others, paper guards, contemporary maroon straight-grained morocco gilt, g.e., folio (675 x 505mm.), John and Josiah Boydell, 1788
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  • A fine complete set of the Boydell's record of the collection of paintings formed by Sir Robert Walpole at Houghton Hall, the majority of which were purchased at auction in 1779 by Empress Catherine II of Russia, to whom the work is dedicated.

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BOYDELL, JOHN and JOSIAH, publishers. A Set of Prints Engraved after the Most Capital Paintings in the Collection of Her Imperial Majesty The Empress of Russia, Lately in the Possession of the Earl of Orford at Houghton in Norfolk. London: Boydell, 1788.