Michael Lort - Horace Walpole - 1762-03-14

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Michael Lort, Trinity College, Cambridge

Michael Lort - Horace Walpole - 1762-03-14
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  14357
InstitutionName of Institution. London, British Library
InventoryInventory number. Add MS 12527, f.14
AuthorAuthor of the document. Michael Lort
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Horace Walpole
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . March 14, 1762
PlacePlace of publication of the book, composition of the document or institution. Trinity College, Cambridge 52° 12' 24.80" N, 0° 6' 54.40" E
Associated personsNames of Persons who are mentioned in the annotation. Thomas Howard, Thomas Finch, 2nd Earl of Winchilsea, Thomas Hall
LiteratureReference to literature. Walpole 17621, Lewis 1952, vol. 16, p. 142-552, Burnett 2020b, p. 14693
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Collection Sale
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'p. 75 [re. Walpole 1762 vol. 2; recte p. 83] Lord Arundel’s coins and medals came into the possession of Thomas, Earl of Winchelsea, and in 1656 were sold by his executors to Mr Thomas Hall. Query who this Hall was and how they have since descended.'

(Lewis 1952, vol. 16, p. 152; Burnett 2020b, p. 1469)

References

  1. ^  Walpole, Horace (1762) Anecdotes of Painting in England, 2 vols, London.
  2. ^  Lewis, W.S. (ed.)(1952) The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, 48 vols., New Haven, Yale University Press.
  3. ^  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.