Horace Walpole was the son of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. He devoted his life to politics, the arts, antiquarianism, history, collecting and authorship and, from 1749, the creation of Strawberry Hill, his summer villa.
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About the talk
Horace Walpole was the son of Britain’s first Prime Minister, Sir Robert Walpole. He devoted his life to politics, the arts, antiquarianism, history, collecting and authorship and, from 1749, the creation of Strawberry Hill, his summer villa. The talk explores Walpole’s greatest creative achievement, and how it was the clearest manifestation of his personality, interests and place in the world.
About the speaker
Michael Snodin is an architectural and design historian and Chair of the Strawberry Hill Collection Trust.