Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Letter from Thomas Frognall Dibdin, London, to an unidentified recipient, 1817 August 16 : autograph manuscript signed.

BIB_ID
106082
Accession number
MA 22708
Creator
Dibdin, Thomas Frognall, 1776-1847.
Display Date
London, England, 1817 August 16.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 22.6 x 18.3 cm
Notes
Dibdin gives the place of writing as "3 Richmond Hill," an address in London.
A note from the recipient in the top lefthand corner of the page records his response, namely that Mr. Ellis could supply the parody and a page and a half could be dedicated to the prospectus. It is signed with the initials "S.B."
Summary
Asking his correspondent if he has a copy of the parody of Macbeth, written by Stephen Weston, on "the plunder of the Cracherode prints by Deighton" (probably a reference to the theft in 1806 by a Mr. Deighton of over a hundred prints from the Cracherode Collection at the British Museum); saying that he thinks there may be a notice about in the Gentleman's Magazine and asking if he knows which volume it appears in; asking if his correspondent is ready to receive his prospectus and saying that it will take up about six pages.