BIB_ID
127687
Accession number
MA 347.23
Display Date
1723.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, probably in 1903.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 15.1 x 18.2 cm
Notes
On the verso of this leaf is a four line comment on this poem: "Here's a fine declaration of Whimsical Love / That nor Beauty, nor Spirit, nor Virtue can move / He would mortify none, lampoon'd he ten more / For who but a Bawd will design on Threescore?"
Part of a collection of autograph letters, primarily from Alexander Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and manuscript poems. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 347 for details.
The final two stanzas are missing from the copy of Lord Peterborough's poem.
The four line poem on the verso has been attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and to Pope.
Part of a collection of autograph letters, primarily from Alexander Pope to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, and manuscript poems. Items in the collection are described in individual records; see MA 347 for details.
The final two stanzas are missing from the copy of Lord Peterborough's poem.
The four line poem on the verso has been attributed to Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and to Pope.
Provenance
The Earl of Harrowby; sale (London, Sotheby, June 18-20, 1903); purchased by Quaritch; probably purchased by Pierpont Morgan in 1903.
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