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Add MS 23089
- Record Id:
- 040-002097056
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002096821
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000122.0x0001c5
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 23089
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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JOURNALS of tours, notes and extracts, with a few drafts of letters, relative to antiquities and the fine arts, etc., by G. Vertue; 1731-1747. Autograph. Included are 1. Accounts of tours in Sussex and Surrey; with a few rough sketches; 1747. At f. 17 is a note by Horace Walpole, ff. 9, 25.
2. List of prints engraved by Giacomo Frey at Rome; with prices, f. 46.
3. List of seals engraved for Government by John Rollos; 1741, ff. 57, 58.
4. Observations by G. Vertue on his connection with the publishing firm of Knaptons, and on the state of his affairs in 1747, ff. 68, 112.
5. Notes on the church of Great Malvern, co. Worcester, f. 88.
6. Notes concerning the life and works of Carlo Maratti, the painter, f. 108 b.
7. Notes concerning the life and works of Edmund Spenser; 1731, ff. 115-134.
8. Catalogues of the pictures of [Edward Harley, 2nd] Earl of Oxford; 1741, f. 176; of [William Bateman, lst] Viscount Bateman, f. 178; of Bagnal, f. 178; and of Sir Robert Walpole, f. 179. Paper. Quarto.
includes:
- f. 17 Horatio Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford 1791: Note on the burial-place of Adeliza, 2nd wife of Henry I.: 18th cent.
- f. 46 Giacomo Frey: List of prints engraved at Rome by: 18th cent.
- ff. 57, 58 John Rollos: List of seals engraved for Government by: 1741.
- f. 88 Great Malvern, Worcestershire: Observations on the church, by G. Vertue: 18th cent.
- f. 108 b Carlo Maratti, artist: Notes on his lite and works: 18th cent.
- ff. 115-134 Edmund Spenser, poet: Notes on his life and works, by G. Vertue: 1731.
- f. 176 Edward Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford: Catalogue of his pictures: 1741.
- f. 176 Art. Catalogues: Pictures of the Earl of Oxford: 1741.
- f 178 Art. Catalogues: Pictures of - Bagnal: 18th cent.
- f. 178 William Bateman, 1st Viscount Bateman: Catalogue of his pictures: 18th cent.
- f. 178 Bagnal: Catalogue of his pictures: 18th cent.
- f. 178 Art. Catalogues: Pictures of Viscount Bateman: 18th cent.
- f. 179 Sir Robert Walpole, 1st Earl of Orford; Prime Minister: Catalogue of his pictures: 1731-1747.
- f. 179 Art. Catalogues: Pictures of Sir R. Walpole: 18th cent.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002096821
036-002097033
040-002097056 - Is part of:
- Add MS 22878-23125 : Turner Manuscripts
Add MS 23068-23098 : Manuscriptscomprising the autograph collections of George Vertue, the engraver, formed a Part of the library of Horace Walpole:
Add MS 23089 : JOURNALS of tours, notes and extracts, with a few drafts of letters, relative to antiquities and the fine arts, etc., by G.… - Hierarchy:
- 032-002096821[0082]/036-002097033[0016]/040-002097056
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 22878-23125
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1731
- End Date:
- 1747
- Date Range:
- 1731-1747
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Bagnal, subject of a catalogue of his pictures, fl 18th century
Bateman, William, 1st Viscount Bateman, politician, 1695-1744
Frey, Giacomo
Harley, Edward, second earl of Oxford and Mortimer, book collector and patron of the arts, 2 Jun 1689-16 Jun 1741,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000108078249,
see also http://viaf.org/viaf/160524259
Maratti, Carlo, artist
Rollos, John, of Add MS 23089
Spenser, Edmund, poet, 1552-1599
Walpole, Horatio, 4th Earl of Orford, author, politician, and patron of the arts, 1717-1797,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000054064246
Walpole, Robert, 1st Earl of Orford, Prime Minister, 26 Aug 1676–18 Mar 1745,
see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000121448574 - Places:
- Great Malvern, Worcestershire