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036-002097033 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Add MS 23068-23098

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Manuscriptscomprising the autograph collections of George Vertue, the engraver, formed a Part of the library of Horace Walpole:
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George Vertue, engraver: Common-place books, notes on art and artists, artistic tours, etc.: 1713-1754. Art. Artists: Collections relating to Art and Artists and their works, by G. Vertue: 1713-1754.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1713-1754
Extent:
31 items

2. Add MS 23086

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MISCELLANEOUS notes concerning antiquities, extracts from Leland, the Cecil State Papers, the Bodleian Library Catalogue, and other works, descriptions of MSS., etc., by G. Vertue; 1737-1741. Autograph. At f. 71 is a treatise on stone monuments; Jan. 1740 and at f. 92 notes on hieroglyphics. Pap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1737-1741
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 23092-23096

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MISCELLANEOUS notes and extracts, chiefly relating to art and antiquities; with autobiographical and other memoranda, items of expenses, etc., by G. Vertue; 1715-1752. Autograph. Five volumes. At the end of Vol. IV., reversed, are entries concerning members of the Vertue family, from 1536. Paper. Duodecimo.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1715-1752
Extent:
5 items

4. Add MS 23076

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MEMORANDA relating to contemporary English painters, sculptors, engravers, etc., as well as to foreign artists resident in England, by G. Vertue; Sept. 1722-Jan. 1738/9. At the end, reversing the volume, are an "Alphabet of Heads engraved before Nov. 1723," f. 57 b; a fuller "Alphabet of Heads,"...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1722-[Jan 1739]
Extent:
1 item

5. Add MS 23068-23074

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COMMON-PLACE books of G. Vertue containing observations upon art, biographical notices of artists, descriptions of pictures, sculpture, medals, etc., in public and private collections, extracts from books, and miscellaneous memoranda, with a few rough sketches; 1713-1754. Seven volumes. Autograph, except Vol. I., which is a transcript of the original, Add. MS. 21,111, with corrections by the author.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1713-1754
Extent:
7 items

6. Add MS 23079

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"MEMORIALS of persons, arts, and artists," consisting chiefly of criticisms on paintings, engravings, and crayon drawings, and biographical notes and anecdotes, by G. Vertue; 1739-1748. Autograph. Paper. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1748
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 23077

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NOTES relating to English coins and coinage, partly original and partly extracted from printed works and MSS., by G. Vertue; 1739-1751. Autograph. Paper. Folio. Numismatics: Notes relating to English coins, by G. Vertue: 1739-1751.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1751
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 23097

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ALPHABETICAL list of portraits mentioned in the collections of G. Vertue, preceded by a brief description of the contents of the several volumes; circa 1752. Autograph. Paper. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1752
Extent:
1 item

9. Add MS 23087

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NOTES of tours through the counties of Essex, Suffolk, Norfolk, Hants, Wilts, Warwick, Gloucester, and Oxford, with a few rough sketches, by G. Vertue; 1739, 1740. Autograph. Included also are notes on Sir Robert Walpole's pictures at Whitehall, and Mr. Bagnal's in Soho Square, ff. 16, 19 b. Pap...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1739-1740
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 23075

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NOTES for the lives of English and foreign painters, by G. Vertue; 1720-1721. Partly autograph. At f. 33 are proposals for the regulation of the Academy of Painting; Dec. 1720; and at f. 74 is a short treatise, entitled "For the Improvement of the Art of Delineing in this nation." Paper. Folio.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1720-1721
Extent:
1 item