A collection of the Spintrian medals of Tiberius [graphic].

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16852892

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Title
A collection of the Spintrian medals of Tiberius [graphic].
Published / Created
[not after 1764]
Publication Place
Italy?
Abstract

Manuscript, in a single hand, with the title in Horace Walpole's hand, containing 49 drawings in red ink of medals, many of them erotic

Description
In English and Latin.
Title from title page in Horace Walpole's hand.
Binding: old red morocco, with gold tooling on boards and six stamps between bands on spine.
Note on verso of flyleaf in Horace Walpole's hand: "Bought at the sale of Sr. Clement Cotterel's Library, 1764.
On front pastedown: armorial bookplate in red morocco, gold stamped with arms and the name "Edward Hailstone".
Armorial bookplate of Oliver Brett on recto of front flyleaf.
Not listed in: A catalogue of the genuine and elegant library of the late Sir Clement Cottrell Dormer, ... which will be sold by auction, ... by Samuel Baker. [London, 1764].
Old red morocco. No bookplate and not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763. Bookplates of Edward Hailstone and Oliver Brett.
Provenance
Strawberry Hill sale, vi. 68 to Strong; Sotheby's, 4 July 1854 (Pigott Sale), lot 655; Sotheby's, 4 February 1891 (Hailstone Sale), lot 1961; Sotheby's, 23 July 1928 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 1086, to Leighton; Leighton, September 1928 to W.S. Lewis. Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day vi, lot 68, to Strong, £8.8.0; Sotheby's, 4 July 1851 (Pigott Sale), Lot 655, £3.16.0; Sotheby's, 4 February 1891 (Hailstone Sale), lot 1961, £8; Sotheby's, 23 July 1928 (Miscellaneous Sale), lot 1086, to Leighton, £5.10.0. Leighton, September 1928, to W.S. Lewis,
Extent
49 drawings in 1 album : 19 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
49 2599

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Armorial Bookplates (Provenance)
Ink drawings
Material
red ink ;
Subject (Geographic)
Italy
Rome.
Subject (Name)
Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.
Subject (Topic)
Medals, Roman
Erotic art
Sex in art
Medals
Nudes
Sex
Subjects
Tiberius, Emperor of Rome, 42 B.C.-37 A.D.
Medals, Roman
Erotic art > Italy > Rome
Sex in art
Medals
Nudes
Sex
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Esher, Oliver Sylvain Baliol Brett, Viscount, 1881-1963 > Bookplate
Hailstone, Edward, 1818-1890 > Bookplate

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Citation
A Collection of the Spintrian Medals of Tiberius. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
10162058
Object ID (OID)
16852892

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