Series of five autograph letters to Madame du Deffand ...
Description:
In French, accompanied by English translations in typescript (26 leaves)., Also accompanied by a short biography of Madame du Deffand in ms. (2 leaves), Set in sunk mounts, bound in v. of [36] leaves., Letters dated: 1775 January 4, 13, 19, 27, 31., Bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, London., Published in the Yale edition of Horace Walpole's Correspondence, 1939, v. 6, pp. 131-52., The letters were part of the ms. collection bequeathed by Madame du Deffand to Horace Walpole. Sold at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, to Dyce-Sombre whose nephew, W.R. Parker-Jervis sold them in 1920. Acquired by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis in 1932., Formerly classed as: 49 2545 I., and Not in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763.
Subject (Name):
Du Deffand, Marie de Vichy Chamrond, marquise, 1697-1780. and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, containing primarily the beginnings and endings of various sections of the memoirs of political characters and events during the reign of King George II. The focus of the collection, however, is on the drawings and engraved headpieces and tailpieces which appear on these pages. These include a pen drawing by Richard Bentley of Walpole presenting the work to Democritus, with his villa at Strawberry Hill behind him; the head of George II by Johann Muntz, set in a headpiece designed by Bentley; and engravings of William Murray; Henry Pelham; Thomas Pelham-Holles; and Archibald Campbell, many also set in pieces drawn by Bentley. The collection also contains a pencil drawing of Henry Lord Holland, with the annotation, "Sr H. Reynolds pinxt"; an appendix explaining the engravings; and a newspaper notice of the death of William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington
Alternative Title:
Memoirs of King George II.
Description:
In English., Available on microfilm, and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bentley, R. 1708-1782. (Richard),, Campbell, Archibald, 1691-1756., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798., Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768., Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Signed note in Horace Walpole's hand to his friend Richard Bull, in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. Walpole also writes that he is sending along to Bull a copy of the plate in question
Description:
In English., Dated approximately by the reference to the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals, 1789. See: Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence., Mounted on page 110 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Mounted beside the top half of the plate mentioned in the note, probably the impression sent by Walpole to Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
Cover title., Place and publisher from Hazen., Signatures: A-E² (-E2)., and Stored in case: 27 cm. Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press, no. 23 Copy 1 (page 111).
A commonplace book, bound in vellum., With the armorial bookplate of William Frederick, 9th earl Waldegrave., and Fifteen of the papers were printed in Old England, three in the Remembrancer.
