BIB_ID
331252
Accession number
MA 494.34
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1790 Nov. 27 [i.e., 26].
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Florence, Italie. Par Paris." Redirected in an unknown hand to "Pisa."
Numbered "No. 24" and "No. 9" [of the series of letters addressed to the Berrys abroad].
Part of a collection of letters from Horace Walpole to Mary and Agnes Berry. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information. See also MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793); MA 496 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1794-1796, and letters from the Misses Berry to Walpole); and MA 497 (letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Numbered "No. 24" and "No. 9" [of the series of letters addressed to the Berrys abroad].
Part of a collection of letters from Horace Walpole to Mary and Agnes Berry. Items in the collection have been described individually; see related collection-level record for more information. See also MA 495 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1791-1793); MA 496 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1794-1796, and letters from the Misses Berry to Walpole); and MA 497 (letters to various persons and miscellaneous writings).
Some passages have been crossed through, presumably by Mary Berry.
Provenance
Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis; by descent to his daughter-in-law Lady Theresa Lewis; by descent to her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister; by descent to his wife Lady Lister; Acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Summary
Hoping to have a letter from them posted in Florence soon; regretting that he has no news; mentioning several acquaintances who have not left for the winter; noting that Mr. Cambridge has let the Berrys house for five months. Continuing the letter on Sunday 28, "particularly to Miss Agnes": thanking her for a letter and saying how glad he is to hear she is recovering her health; comparing Corregio and Guercino; regretting that they were unable to get a copy of Otranto at the booksellers. Giving some London news: noting that Earl Stanhope spoke against Calonne's book, that Price has published a response to Burke, that Mr. Grenville is made a peer, that the Duke of Clarence arrived to Richmond and mentioning other acquaintances; noting that he has not received a letter from Mrs. Damer. Continuing the letter on Monday 29th: Mentioning his engagements and supposing that none of his Florentine acquaintances are still alive, noting that he once lived there with Sir Horace Mann; discussing other points of interest in Florence.
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