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Stowe MS 974
- Record Id:
- 040-001953824
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001952775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000534.0x0001ff
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Stowe MS 974
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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COLLECTION of Vers de Societé, mostly addressed to ladies of rank. Followed by separate pieces in different hands, including:-
(a) "The Muses suit to Apollo. A Masque." f. 14;-(b) "On Holker Hall." f. 19;-(c) "An epigram on refusing the late Bishop of Rochester [Atterbury] to be buried in a public manner." f. 25;-(d) An epilogue (not the original one) to Farquhar's "Recruiting Officer." f. 26;-(e) "On Indifference, by Mrs. Greville," with answer by Lady Carlisle. ff. 27, 29;-(f) Verses to a lady, with a letter signed by Edw. Jerningham [1727-1812]. f. 35;-(g) Epigrams concerning Sir Robert Walpole. ff. 36, 37;-(h) " Song for the Gala on the opening the Goldsmiths Hall," 15 July [1835]. f. 38. At the end (f. 39) is a satirical epistle in prose from "Bevis the Great to Little Ben," 1731. Paper; ff. 40. XVIIIth, XIXth centt. Folio.
Poetry: Vers de Société and miscellaneous poems: 18th-19th centt.
includes:
- f. 25 Francis Atterbury, Bishop of Rochester: Epigram on the refusal of a public funeral to: 18th cent.
- ff. 36, 37 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Epigrams on: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Stowe Collection
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001952775
036-001953794
040-001953824 - Is part of:
- Stowe Ms 1-1085 : Stowe Manuscripts
Stowe MS 947-980 : CLASS XXI.POETRY, AND PROSE DRAMA.
Stowe MS 974 : COLLECTION of Vers de Societé, mostly addressed to ladies of rank. Followed by separate pieces in different hands, including:-… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001952775[0021]/036-001953794[0028]/040-001953824
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Stowe Ms 1-1085
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1700
- End Date:
- 1899
- Date Range:
- 18th century-19th century
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Atterbury, Francis, Bishop of Rochester, politician, and Jacobite conspirator, 1663-1732
Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 26 Aug 1676–18 Mar 1745,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121448574