Shelfmark
MS 279
Author
Title
Notes to the portraits at Woburn Abbey, by H.W. 1791. manuscript.
Publication, distribution, etc.
England, 1791.
Physical description
1 volume (17 leaves) : paper ; 21 x 17 cm.
Note
Caption title.
Note
A catalogue of some of the portraits of Woburn Abbey together with biographical notes. There are other manuscript copies, including one at University of Manchester Library (HAM/3/5) which attributes the work to Walpole. Printed in 1800 (ESTC T63189).
Note
Written in an unidentified hand. The Eton short-title catalogue names Thomas Kirgate (1734-1810) as the copyist, but no evidence found in the manuscript.
Note
With the exception of the first leaf, each leaf is only written on the recto.
Note
The main text is foliated in ink, 1-12. Blank leaves at front and rear of volume.
Note
Enclosed: a letter to Francis Warre-Cornish as Vice-Provost from Lionel Cust, dated March 1915, accompanying an offcut of Cust's article on Marcus Gheeraerts for the Walpole Society.
Binding
20th century half parchment; boards covered in pale blue paper; title stamped in black on spine. Earlier blue wrapper preserved in binding.
Subject
Subject
Aristocracy (Social class) Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Subject
Portraits, British Catalogs Early works to 1800.
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Added entry--name
Added entry--place
England
Language code
eng
Identifier
B46743