BIB_ID
144253
Accession number
MA 1024.12
Creator
Duncombe, Susanna, 1725-1812.
Published
[1751].
Description
1 drawing : pencil, with grey wash; 6 x 7 5/8 in.
Notes
Title is transcribed from drawing.
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of Samuel Richardson letters. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary
The sketch depicts Samuel Richardson reading the manuscript of his last novel, Sir Charles Grandison, to Thomas Mulso, Hester Mulso (later Mrs. Chapone), Susanna Highmore (later Mrs. Duncombe), Miss Prescott (later Mrs. Mulso), and John Duncombe in the grotto of Richardson's house in North End Road (Selby Lodge), Hammersmith.
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