Henry Herbert - George, Lord Herbert - 1789-10-10

Henry Herbert, 10th Earl of Pembroke, Wilton House

Henry Herbert - George, Lord Herbert - 1789-10-10

FINA IDUnique ID of the page ^ᵖ	14862
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 .	October 10, 1789
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution.	Wilton House ^{51° 4' 40.93" N, 1° 51' 34.66" W}
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation.	Philipp von Stosch
LiteratureReference to literature.	Burnett 2020b, p. 16861
KeywordNumismatic Keywords ^ᵖ	Theft , Collection Storage
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence	English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia ^ᵖ

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'In respect to the medals being put into the Bank, under the security, you are under a mistake. They were put by me into the Bank for my own convenience, but under no security whatsoever. At that time you were not born. ... In, & with a Collection of Virtù, of which they are a part, they are not of a nature to be entrusted to any House Steward, or other person whatever, because they may so easily be stolen, swallowed even, as was frequently done by the late Baron Stosch, who was so notorious at last, that he was refused a sight of some of the medals in the Gallery at Florence, unless he would submit to be vomitted & purged afterwards in presence of those who shewed the medals; & I am myself so thoroughly convinced of this danger, that I would never venture to shew them at all, unless they were set, as those of the King of Naples are at Capo di Monte. [He continues to argue for a new arrangement.]'

(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.