Manuscript describing the occasion that inspired Sylvester Harding's poem The disaster, 29 April 1871

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Title: Manuscript describing the occasion that inspired Sylvester Harding's poem The disaster, 29 April 1871
Creator: Bawtree, G. F.
Abstract: Manuscript, in the hand of G.F. Bawtree, great-great grandson of William Bawtree whose aborted trip to visit Thomas Kirgate at Strawberry Hill, inspired this satirical poem. Above this manuscript is a copy of the poem which was printed by Thomas Kirgate in 1797
Description: In English.
Mounted on page 2 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Provenance: Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver. Purchased from Spencer, June 1951, £100; ex dono Annie Burr Lewis.
Extent: 1 19 cm. item (8 leaves) ;
Language: English

Genre: Poems
Resource Type: unspecified
Subject (Name): Bawtree, William, 1744-1824.
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810.
Subjects: Bawtree, William, 1744-1824
Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership

Access: Public
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Citation: G.F. Bawtree, Manuscript Describing the Occasion that Insired Sylvester Harding's Poem The Disaster. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.