Beaupré Bell - John Nesbitt - 1733-09-20

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Beaupré Bell, Beaupré Hall

Beaupré Bell - John Nesbitt - 1733-09-20
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16580
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Beaupré Bell
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. John Nesbitt
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . September 20, 1733
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Beaupré Hall 52° 36' 57.46" N, 0° 14' 1.61" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Richard Mead, George Vertue, Elisha Kirkall
LiteratureReference to literature. Nichols 1781-1790, p. 4901, Burnett 2020b, p. 1133 n. 1582
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Engraving , Didia Clara , Roman , Pertinax , Didius Julianus , Manlia , Flavia Titiana
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://archive.org/details/bibliothecatopog03nich/page/490/mode/2up
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'I am extremely obliged to you for your kind assistance in procuring me leave to engrave some medals from Dr. Mead’s collections; but Mr. Vertue, having more business than he can dispatch already upon his hands, and being unacquainted with the abbreviations, &c. found on coins, does not care to engage in a work where he may probably err, though I purposed a greater price than other engravers demand. I must therefore renew my request, and humbly beg the favour of you to indulge the same liberty to Mr. Kirkall, an honest plain man that I have been long acquainted with, and whom I have directed to wait on you. Dr. Mead, I think, has not a Didia Clara; so that if you can procure him liberty to draw one from any other cabinet, it will increase the obligation. ... P. S. The heads I defire to have engraved are of Helvius Pertinax, Didius Julian, Manila Scantilla, and Didia Clara. I have got a Titiana done at Oxford.' (Nichols 1781-1790, p. 490; Burnett 2020b, p. 1133 n. 158)

References

  1. ^  Nichols, John (ed.), Reliquiae Galeanae, in Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica II.1 (London, 1781), II.2 (London, 1781), III (London, 1790).
  2. ^  Burnett, Andrew M. (2020), The Hidden Treasures of this Happy Land. A History of Numismatics in Britain from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment, BNS Special Publ. No 14 = RNS Special Publ. No 58, London, Spink & Son.