BIB_ID
331389
Accession number
MA 494.42
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1791 Jan. 15.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20.2 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and addressed "À Mademoiselle Mademoiselle Berry à la poste restante à Pisa, Italie."
Letter and address panel are entirely in the hand of Thomas Kirgate, Walpole's secretary and printer.
Numbered "No. 15" [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).
Letter and address panel are entirely in the hand of Thomas Kirgate, Walpole's secretary and printer.
Numbered "No. 15" [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).
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
Reporting that the gout attacked his right arm as well as his left, although noting that although he is uncomfortable, "danger there is none;" mentoring that he has improved upon travelling to London. Continuing the letter on Sunday the 16th: reporting that the gout does not improve and fearing that it will attack his knee; thanking her for a letter of Dec. 22 detailing their life in Pisa. Continuing the letter on Sunday evening: Reporting that he is gaining the use of two fingers in his left hand; mentioning visitors and mutual acquaintances, noting that the town is empty. Continuing the letter on Monday the 17th: rejoicing that the gout has not attacked his knee even though it has not left his arms. Continuing the letter on Tuesday morning the 18th: noting that he has had a good night but has not improved.
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