Henry Herbert - George, Lord Herbert - 1789-04-06

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, Rome

Henry Herbert - George, Lord Herbert - 1789-04-06

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14859
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document.	Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence.	George Herbert, 11th Earl of Pembroke
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year .	April 6, 1789
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Rome ^{41° 53' 35.95" N, 12° 28' 58.56" E}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Henry Herbert, 9th Earl of Pembroke
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, p. 16861
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Collection Storage
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
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'In respect to the medals, I can not conceive what ye have heard possible. If they are in Trust, so is Wilton, & several estates. Yet they are the Earl of Pembroke’s of the day, & he uses them; so must be the medals. My father had them in his house, & so surely may I, & after me, you. They were deposited in the Bank as the safest place; during my minority, they could not so well be any where, but to suppose the Earl of Pembroke, to whom they belong for his life at least, can not have them home, in his Library, or any other thing, is an absurdity I think impossible. ... The Trustees have certainly a right to prevent their being sold, but surely none to oblige the Earl of Pembroke to keep his medals shut up, against his will and pleasure, or to prevent his having them home when he pleases. It is impossible; according to that idea, they are then condemned to the dark Bank Cellar for ever & ever ... & surely, laying aside all thoughts of sale, the proper place for them is Wilton. ...

I must add one more word about the medals. If, in drawing up the Trust I have signed, I have taken from myself the power of placing in my other collections, my collection of medals, as every possessor have allways in their power to do, I have certainly signed what I never understood to be the case, & what I am certain never was any body’s case, nor ought it to be. I might as well have given [the] key of Wilton House to Trustees, & debarred my[self] the entrance.'

(Burnett 2020b, p. 1686)

References

^ 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.