BIB_ID
332054
Accession number
MA 495.44
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Display Date
1793 Nov. 5.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 20 cm
Notes
Address panel with seal and postmark and addressed "To Miss Berry at Brompton near Malton, Yorkshire." Headed "Isleworth November the fifth 1793" and franked "Free Orford."
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 494 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); 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).
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 494 (Letters from Walpole to the Misses Berry, 1789-1791); 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
Saying how glad he is to hear that their healths are improved and encouraging them to stay in Yorkshire as long as they continue to improve; remarking that he is also well. Remarking that "since the most deplorable of all tragedies" [the execution of Marie Antoinette] he has heard no great news, but mentioning some battles. Remarking that he cannot think of anything but the Queen of France, noting "Long as I have lived, I had not conceived that human nature was capable of such execrable barbarity and mediated wanton malice as the French have committed within these five years;" eulogizing Marie Antoinette, remarking "no legendary writer, no epic poet could have dared to draw so perfect a character." Also mentioning some mutual acquaintances and noting that the paper has some good news.
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