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The plates, each of which was painted with a different view of Venice, were almost certainly never used, but were intended for display. By 1774 they displayed in Walpole's China Room at his villa at Strawberry Hill (near Twickenham west of London).\n\r\nHorace Walpole, the 4th Earl of Orford and the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, was a noted author, wit, antiquarian, publisher, builder and designer; he pioneered the 18th-century Gothic revival in England and formed a remarkable collection of works of art and curiosities, which he displayed at Strawberry Hill. John Chute and the Earl of Lincoln, two of his companions in Venice, also ordered sets of these plates. The views are copied from prints by Antonio Visentini, after paintings by Canaletto, and from etchings by Luca Carlevaris. Prior to their publication, Visentini's prints were probably obtained for this purpose by Joseph Smith, a merchant and banker living in Venice, where he was later a British Consul.\r\n\r\nThis type of white glass, which is made opaque with an arsenic compound, was probably made in imitation of porcelain.","physicalDescription":"Opaque white glass plate painted in red enamel with view of the Rialto, Venice","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"Visentini, Antonio","id":"A13813"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25136"},"note":"after"}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Miotti glasshouse","id":"A1217"},"association":{"text":"manufacturer","id":"AAT25230"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"glass","id":"AAT210944"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Opaque white glass, painted in red enamel","categories":[{"text":"Glass","id":"THES48946"}],"styles":[{"text":"European","id":"AAT20656"}],"collectionCode":{"text":"CER","id":"THES48594"},"images":["2011EW6679","2017JW4792"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"3","id":"THES263060"},"free":"","case":"CA15","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"Plate","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"No","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Venice","id":"x29237"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1741","earliest":"1741-01-01","latest":"1741-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[],"creditLine":"Wilfred Buckley Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Diameter","value":"22.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"conversion size only","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"The plate is probably from a set of 24 that were specially commissioned by Horace Walpole from a Venice glasshouse as a souvenir of his visit in 1741. 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The Venetian island of Murano had long specialised in glass-making, but by the 18th century was losing ground to manufacturers in Germany and Central Europe. These factories could make heavier types of glass that could be cut and engraved in the latest styles.\r\n\r\nItaly (Venice)\r\nMade at the Miotti glasshouse\r\nGlass painted in enamel\r\nWilfred Buckley Collection\r\n","date":{"text":"09/12/2015","earliest":"2015-12-09","latest":"2015-12-09"}},{"text":"Probably from a set of 24 plates painted with Venetian views made for Horace Walpole in Venice in 1741. 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