Horace Walpole - Horace Mann - 1740-04-16

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Horace Walpole, Rome

Horace Walpole - Horace Mann - 1740-04-16
FINA IDUnique ID of the page  16511
InstitutionName of Institution.
InventoryInventory number.
AuthorAuthor of the document. Horace Walpole
RecipientRecipient of the correspondence. Horace Mann
Correspondence dateDate when the correspondence was written: day - month - year . April 16, 1740
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. Henrietta Louisa Fermor, Thomas Mansel
LiteratureReference to literature. Lewis 1952, vol. 17, pp. 2-51, Burnett 2020b, p. 1055 n. 4192
KeywordNumismatic Keywords  Modern
LanguageLanguage of the correspondence English
External LinkLink to external information, e.g. Wikpedia  https://libsvcs-1.its.yale.edu/hwcorrespondence/page.asp?vol=17&seq=76&type=b
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Grand documentOriginal passage from the "Grand document".

'I am much obliged to Lady P[omfret] for the honour she does me in thinking of medals; when I return to Florence, if I have not bought them here, I will take those. I beg you will tell my Lady that I have been looking out for Pope's testoons (or testicles as Lord Mansel calls them) for her, but silver is so extremely scarce here, that I have not yet met with one with the head on it; but possibly before I leave Rome, I may have better luck.' (Lewis 1952, vol. 17, pp. 2-5; Burnett 2020b, p. 1055 n. 419)

RemarksRemarks regarding the annotation. (en)

Lewis 1952, vol. 17, p. 4 n. 19 quotes from Lady Pomfret's diary for 25 December 1739: 'Mr Mann and Mr Walpole dined here; the latter brought his prints and coins to show me after dinner.' (en)

References

  1. ^  Lewis, W.S. (ed.)(1952) The Yale Edition of Horace Walpole’s Correspondence, 48 vols., New Haven, Yale University Press.
  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.