Horace Walpole

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis

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Princeton University Press
15 August 2023

Art & design styles: Romanticism; Biography: historical, political & military; Biography: literary; Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900

Series: Bollingen Series

An illuminating biographical study of the eighteenth-century English man of letters and patron of the arts

Horace Walpole (17171797) was a collector, printer, novelist, arbiter of taste, and renowned writer of letters. In this book, eminent scholar Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis provides an unprecedented look at the life and work of one of England's greatest men of letters. Lewis sheds light on Walpole's relationships with his family and friends, his politics, his writings and printmaking activities, and his correspondence. Featuring portraits of Walpole, his relatives, and friends; images of Walpole's sketches and manuscripts; pages from books printed at Walpole's Strawberry Hill Press; and views and plans of Strawberry Hill, the house, its rooms and furnishings, and its grounds, and accompanied by Lewis's extensive annotations, this book provides an invaluable history of an extraordinary man.

By: Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 203mm,
ISBN: 9780691252063
ISBN 10: 0691252068
Series: Bollingen Series
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 15 August 2023
Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis (18951979) was a collector and writer who devoted his life to amassing the largest single collection of Walpole's papers, prints, and books, which now resides at the Lewis Walpole Library at Yale University. His books include Horace Walpole's Library and Collector's Progress.