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- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- 24 19 800 (Ms)
- Image Count:
- 44
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Louis XVI's hand, of his translation of Walpole's Historic doubts into French. Walpole's work focuses on the crimes supposed to have been committed by Richard III, in particular the murders of Henry VI; Henry VI's son Edward; his brother George, duke of Clarence; Edward V and his brother Richard; his own queen, and others; and examines, and in some cases invalidates, the evidence for these accusations. Louis XVI's translation contains numerous corrections, made during the last years of his life
- Alternative Title:
- Historic doubts on the life and reign of King Richard the Third
- Description:
- In French., Title from first page., Written on flyleaf: Manuscrit. Ecrit en entier De la main De Louis XVI., Binding: paper, stitched., and For further information, consult Library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Edward V, King of England, 1470-1483., Henry VI, King of England, 1421-1471., Richard III, King of England, 1452-1485., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, Warbeck, Perkin, 1474-1499., and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793.
- Subject (Topic):
- Translating and interpreting, Kings and rulers, and Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Doutes historiques sur la vie et le regne de Richard III / [1782].
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 160
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, of drafts, with numerous emendations, of five lighthearted and occasionally satirical fairy tales. The first tale, titled A new Arabian night's entertainment, is a parody of the relationship between Scheherezade and Shahryar in the frame tale of The Arabian Nights. The second tale, titled The king and his three daughters, concerns the political and dynastic problems of a kingdom in which the king's eldest daughter does not exist. The third tale, titled The Dice-box and annotated, "translated from the French translation of the Countess of Daunois for the entertainment of Miss Caroline Campbell," is a fantastic tale of a nine-year-old girl named Pissimissi, the elephant and ladybird which draw her car, and her encounter with King Solomon. The fourth tale, titled The peach in brandy: a milesian tale, addresses the dynastic problems of a country with Irish connotations. The fifth and final tale, titled The bird's nest, describes the fantastic dream of Guzalme, Queen of Serendip
- Description:
- In English., Typed transcripts of the fifth tale included with manuscript., and The fifth and sixth tales publised as Hieroglyphic tales (Strawberry Hill Press, 1785) are not included in this manuscript.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name):
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fairy tales, Nonsense literature, English, Parodies, English, and Satire, English
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hieroglyphic tales, 1766-1771
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B935 805 folder 2 Box 1
- Collection Title:
- [Scrapbook of drawings].
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Signed letter in Horace Walpole's hand thanking Richard Bull for lending him books which he now returns. Walpole comments favorably on drawings by Maria Sibylla Merian that were among the items lent
- Description:
- In English., Formerly page 1 of an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
- Subject (Name):
- Bull, Richard, 1725-1806. and Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Letter : to Richard Bull, 1784 July 14.
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 152
- Image Count:
- 42
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, containing primarily the beginnings and endings of various sections of the memoirs of political characters and events during the reign of King George II. The focus of the collection, however, is on the drawings and engraved headpieces and tailpieces which appear on these pages. These include a pen drawing by Richard Bentley of Walpole presenting the work to Democritus, with his villa at Strawberry Hill behind him; the head of George II by Johann Muntz, set in a headpiece designed by Bentley; and engravings of William Murray; Henry Pelham; Thomas Pelham-Holles; and Archibald Campbell, many also set in pieces drawn by Bentley. The collection also contains a pencil drawing of Henry Lord Holland, with the annotation, "Sr H. Reynolds pinxt"; an appendix explaining the engravings; and a newspaper notice of the death of William Stanhope, Earl of Harrington
- Alternative Title:
- Memoirs of King George II.
- Description:
- In English., Available on microfilm, and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Bentley, R. 1708-1782. (Richard),, Campbell, Archibald, 1691-1756., George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Harrington, William Stanhope, Earl of, approximately 1690-1756., Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774., Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., Müntz, Jean-Henri, 1727-1798., Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768., Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Memoires of the year 1751, [ca. 1754]
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- Folio 33 30 Copy 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Signed note in Horace Walpole's hand to his friend Richard Bull, in which Walpole mentions the depiction of his Marc Anthony medal in the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals. Walpole also writes that he is sending along to Bull a copy of the plate in question
- Description:
- In English., Dated approximately by the reference to the second edition of Pinkerton's An essay on medals, 1789. See: Yale edition of Horace Walpole's correspondence., Mounted on page 110 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., Mounted beside the top half of the plate mentioned in the note, probably the impression sent by Walpole to Bull., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Name):
- Bull, Richard, 1725-1806.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Note : to Richard Bull, ca. 1789 September
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 2616 II Ms
- Image Count:
- 144
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Alternative Title:
- Commonplace book
- Description:
- 216 pages blank. and Bound in vellum.
- Subject (Topic):
- Verse
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Poems and other pieces / 1736-1756
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- Quarto 49 2616 III Ms
- Image Count:
- 91
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Description:
- A commonplace book, bound in vellum., With the armorial bookplate of William Frederick, 9th earl Waldegrave., and Fifteen of the papers were printed in Old England, three in the Remembrancer.
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Political papers [1747-1753]
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- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 149
- Image Count:
- 20
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's hand, of a brief autobiography from the date of his birth to his activities in 1779. He begins with information about his childhood, including his godparents, the date of his innoculation against smallpox, and his education; and continues with biographical information about his college years; his first employment; his travels with Thomas Gray; and his Parliamentary activities. Much of the manuscript concerns the pieces he wrote, both published and unpublished, and those he published with the Strawberry Hill Press, as well as his reactions to the reviews he received. He also includes anecdotes concerning his attack by highwaymen in 1749; the family quarrel with his uncle Horace Walpole; and his disagreements with David Hume and Voltaire
- Description:
- In English., Title from first page., Typed transcript available., and Leaves are contained in a paper cover, unstitched.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Hume, David, 1711-1776., Voltaire, 1694-1778., Walpole family., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., Great Britain. Parliament., and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Autobiographies (literary genre), English literature, English poetry, Nobility, and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Short notes of the life of Horatio Walpole, youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, Earl of Orford, and of Catherine Shorter, his first wife, 1746-1779
- Creator:
- Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
- Call Number:
- LWL Mss Vol. 170
- Image Count:
- 58
- Resource Type:
- unspecified
- Abstract:
- Manuscript, in Walpole's and others' hands, of a collection of several dozen scraps of notes, verse fragments, sketches, and drawings, collected from Walpole's papers. The notes are primarily epigrammatic or anecdotal, on such topics as printing books; British monarchs; Waldegrave's time as ambassador at Paris; Lady Mary Coke's affectations; and Sir W. Draper's gambling. The collection also includes several riddles and verses. Some of the notes have been transcribed, on the same page, by Wilmarth Sheldon Lewis and The manuscript also contains 29 drawings, including pencil sketches of Strawberry Hill some done by Walpole and others possibly by John Chute; a pen-and-wash drawing of a scene from The Castle of Otranto accompanied by a note of thanks from Mrs Susanna (Highmore) Duncombe; a pen drawing of the actor William Kemp copied from the frontispiece of a book; numerous busts; a detailed pastoral landscape scene in pencil, possibly by Agnes Berry; pencil sketches of a pig, cow, and dog; pen sketches by Sir John Fenn; and a woodcut title page to a book of John Skelton's works, dated 1523
- Alternative Title:
- Walpoliana mss and drawings
- Description:
- In English., Laid in: scrap of paper with faded ink writing, possibly Walpole's., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full calf; gilt decoration. In gilt on spine: Walpoliana mss and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Berry, Agnes, 1764-1852., Coke, Mary, Lady, 1726-1811., Draper, William, Sir, 1721-1787., Duncombe, Susanna Highmore, 1730?-1812., Fenn, John, 1739-1794., Kemp, William, fl. 1600., Skelton, John, 1460?-1529., Waldegrave, James Waldegrave, Earl, 1684-1741., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anecdotes, English poetry, Epigrams, English, Nobility, Social life and customs, Riddles, Kings and rulers, Humor, and Sketches
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Walpole's notes and drawings, [1700s].