Townley, W. R. (Wellington Reid), 1861-

W.R. Townley, bookplate collector and contributor to The miscellany.

Horace Walpole (1717-1797), fourth earl of Orford, author, politician, historian and patron of the arts; owner of Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, England.

From the description of The bookplates of Horace Walpole and his contemporaries : with selected passages from the Letters of Horace Walpole and illustrated by over 100 book plates of the friends to whom the letters referred, Chicago, 1923 / the selections made and the whole arranged in this form by Wellington R. Townley. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186886