[Coin of Theodore, King of Corsica] [graphic].

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Title: [Coin of Theodore, King of Corsica] [graphic].
Contributor: Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
Published / Created: [1758]
Publication Place: Twickenham
Publisher: Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Abstract: Five soldi coin of Theodore, King of Corsica. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, bears the letters "T R" topped with a crown and the date "1736" below. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, has the text "Soldi cinqe" at center and the mostly missing or illegible text "[PRO?] BON [PVBLICO?] R[O?] [CE?]" along the edge
Description: Title devised by curator.
Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved.
Plate from: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill.
Mounted on page 102 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: Spencer, ex dono Annie Burr Lewis; June 1933. Sotheby's 14 July 1924 (Miscellaneous sale), lot 183 to Spencer. Formerly owned by Kirgate's friend William Bawtree (1744-1824) engraver.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 3 x 6 cm
Language: Italian

Genre: Etchings England London 1758
Etchings England 1797
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756.
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic): Coins
British
Subjects: Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Coins > British
England > London > 1758
Bawtree, William, 1744-1824 > Ownership
England > 1797
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership

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