"It is to be wished that the practice of composing catalogues of conspicuous collections was universal," proclaimed Walpole in the advertisement to A Catalogue . . . of King Charles the First's . . . Collection (London, 1757). There he criticized Gambarini for having "made pompous promises of proceeding with what he was incapable of executing well." Nonetheless, he placed this book with other guides to what he called the "British Museums," no doubt because it was Vertue's copy with his annotations and drawings. Walpole added notes in this and most of his other guides when working on the Anecdotes of Painting in England.