Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford
1746
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
About the artist
1746
ink
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford is a 1746 ink by Jacobus Houbraken, a Baroque work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This is a black-and-white portrait of a man in a fancy wig and powdered face. He’s dressed in a high-collared coat with ruffles at the wrist, and a feather sticks out from his lapel. The frame around him looks like carved stone, with scrolls, tools, and a crown at the bottom—maybe symbols of power or skill. The artist used lines to create deep shadows and textures, like the folds in his coat or the grain of the frame. This was a way to make the image feel three-dimensional. Check out etching to see how artists like this carved their designs into metal plates.
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