Record ID:
364927
Accession number:
MA 86.13
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description:
1 item (4 p.) ; 22.7 cm
Notes:
Docketed.
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
Summary:
Remarking that the book of Homer's Iliad he is translating is so violent that he has had to "discard all humanity" while working on it; observing that he wishes "Homer had applied his wonderful powers to a less disgusting subject. He has in the Odyssey, and I long to get at it"; commenting on reviews of his poetry and various pieces of fan mail he has received; mentioning shared acquaintances; reporting that [Mary] Unwin is also delighted with their new situation; informing Bagot of the death of Mary Unwin's son.
Provenance:
Sale (Sotheby's, 28-29 July 1903, lot 460); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
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