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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton (1678-1757), Diplomat and politician

Sitter associated with 8 portraits
Diplomat and Whig politician. As an M.P. for 46 years and ambassador to the Netherlands and to France, Lord Walpole played a leading role in the 18th-century Whig supremacy most especially during his younger brother, Sir Robert Walpole's long reign as Prime Minister.

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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by Christian Friedrich Zincke
enamel on copper, circa 1720-1725
On display in Room 11 at the National Portrait Gallery
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
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Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton

by John Simon, after Jean Baptiste van Loo
mezzotint, 1741 (1739)
NPG D14348

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The Norfolk Dumplin (Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole of Wolterton)

by Street, after L. Bond
etching, published 1744
NPG D9346

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Politics, Government and Political Movements
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Ambassadors and diplomats
France
Netherlands