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Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Born 26 August 1676 in Houghton, England. Died 18 March 1745 in London, England. Steel engraving, and Stipple engraving after Jarvis (fl. 18thC), c. 1845. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned along edges. With some minor spotting/small staining. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 98 x 74 mm. Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was Politician, Statesman, Secretary at War, Leader of the House of Commons, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Businessman, Treasurer of the Navy, Paymaster of the Forces, and Regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain. Portrait of Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford. Born 26 August 1676 in Houghton, England. Died 18 March 1745 in London, England. Steel engraving, and Stipple engraving after Jarvis (fl. 18thC), c. 1845. Reasonable condition. Paper a bit browned along edges. With some minor spotting/small staining. Verso: blank. Dimensions: 98 x 74 mm. Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford was Politician, Statesman, Secretary at War, Leader of the House of Commons, Prime Minister of Great Britain, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Businessman, Treasurer of the Navy, Paymaster of the Forces, and Regarded as the de facto first Prime Minister of Great Britain.