Shelfmark
MS 658
Author
Title
Receipt from Alexander Pope for a subscription to his translation of Homer's Iliad, addressed to Lady Sunderland. manuscript and letterpress.
Publication, distribution, etc.
Twickenham?, England, between circa 1714 and 1715.
Physical description
1 item : paper ; 14 x 25 cm.
Note
Title devised by cataloguer.
Note
Place and date of production inferred from biography of Alexander Pope and the publication history of his Iliad.
Note
One sheet, mounted on a second.
Note
Letterpress form with the name of the recipient written in hand, bearing Pope's autograph signature.
Note
Presumably for Anne Churchill (1683-1716), wife of Charles Spencer, third earl of Sutherland.
Binding
Stored as an insert to 'An epistle from Mr. Pope to Dr Arbuthnot' (1734) at Cq.1.1.04.
Subject
Pope, Alexander, 1688 - 1744 Iliad.
Subject
Added entry--place
England Twickenham
Identifier
B49659