BIB_ID
364930
Accession number
MA 86.16
Creator
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Display Date
1788 Jan. 5.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1904.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 23.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters from and related to William Cowper; please see collection record for MA 86-87 for more information.
With a separate address panel addressed to "The Revd. Walter Bagot"; address panel is docketed.
With a separate address panel addressed to "The Revd. Walter Bagot"; address panel is docketed.
Provenance
Sale (Sotheby's, 28-29 July 1903, lot 460); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1904.
Summary
Discussing Lord Bagot's translation of the opening lines of the Iliad; commenting on his progress in finishing his translation of Homer's Iliad and having it published; giving details of the process by which he is revising his translation; telling him that [Mary] Unwin almost set herself on fire by igniting her bed-gown.
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