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Letter from William Gilpin, Vicar's Hill, to Sir George Beaumont, 1802 January 15 : autograph manuscript.

BIB_ID
413745
Accession number
MA 1581.56
Creator
Gilpin, William, 1724-1804.
Display Date
Vicar's Hill, 1802 January 15.
Credit line
Purchased from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Description
1 item (2 pages, with address) ; 22.8 x 18.6 cm
Notes
The signature has been cut away, leading to significant loss of text.
Written from Vicar's Hill, a location near Boldre, Hampshire.
Address panel with intact seal and postmarks: "Sir George Beaumont bart. / Dunmow / Essex."
This letter is from a large collection of letters written to Sir George Howland Beaumont (1753-1827) and Lady Margaret Willes Beaumont (1758-1829) of Coleorton Hall, and to other members of the Beaumont family.
This item was formerly identified as MA 1581 (Gilpin) 3.
Provenance
Purchased as a gift of the Fellows from Benjamin Ifor Evans, 1954.
Summary
Praising Beaumont for his "tender conscience" and saying "[e]ven when it goes beyond its mark, as in your letter of yesterday -- it is still a beautiful transgression"; telling Beaumont that he has decided to hold the sale of his drawings in the spring (see MA 1581.55 for background on the sale); discussing the catalogue of his drawings; asking Beaumont various questions about the logistics, including when the drawings should be sent to London; saying "I have consulted some of my other friends: but I consider you as my first counsellor."