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., and 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.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
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 90 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: 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 12., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 3.1 x 5.6 cm, on sheet 3.4 x 5.9 cm.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)