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Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800. Memoranda for additions to Lord Orford's Anecdotes of painting in England / H.E., 1822.

Title: Memoranda for additions to Lord Orford's Anecdotes of painting in England / H.E., 1822.

Manuscript, in a single hand, listing Musgrave's additions and notes written from a copy of the second edition of Horace Walpole's Anecdotes of Painting. The entries provide either further or contradictory biographical information about artists named in Walpole's work, and cite bibliographical references. Each entry is annotated with information about where the comment appears in Walpole's edition. The manuscript also includes a list of additional artists which Musgrave compiled after the title page, speculating that they would appear in Walpole's fourth volume.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. (45 p.) ; 21 x 16 cm.

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Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792. Autograph letter in third person : to Sir William Musgrave, Monday.

Title: Autograph letter in third person : to Sir William Musgrave, Monday.

ArchivalResource: 1 item (1/2 p.) ; (8vo)

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Catalogue of the scarcest portraits, circa 1800.

Title: Catalogue of the scarcest portraits, circa 1800.

Manuscript catalog of portrait prints, probably belonging to a British printseller, ca. 1800. The inventory is in three sections, with headings "Portraits anglois, rares" (p. 4-212), "Etrangers en Angleterre, rares" (p. 214-238), and "Portraits étrangers" (p. 239-241), apparently incomplete. Within each section, items are arranged alphabetically by subject. Each item is annotated with varying amounts of notes, recording information such as artist, engraver, engraving technique, and a brief description of the portrait. Many of the items are also annotated with references to published works about portrait prints or references to auctions of prints; references to auctions include prices, in English currency. Many of the items are coded with the initials S.W.M., followed by a price. These are prints from the collection of Sir William Musgrave, with the prices they fetched at auction, by William Richardson, in 1800. Consult: British portraits. A catalogue of a genuine and extensive collection of English portraits. [London], 1800. The description of entries in the manuscript frequently matches that of this printed work. Items coded "R. fev 1799", with prices, refer to A catalogue of a genuine and valuable collection of English and foreign portraits, india drawings, &c. comprising ... an auction catalog by William Richardson from February, 1799. Other codes refer to important catalogs of prints. The code 'G', with a Roman numeral and Arabic number, refers to volume and page numbers in James Granger's A biographical history of England, from Egbert the Great to the Revolution, first published in 1769. Granger's catalogue was the first important catalogue of English portrait prints and helped to create a fashion for portrait print collecting in England. Similarly, items coded 'B' in the manuscript refer to page numbers in A catalogue of engraved British portraits, from Egbert the Great to the present time, by Henry Bromley (pseudonym of Anthony Wilson), first published in 1793.

ArchivalResource: 1 v. ([241] p.) ; 22 cm.

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Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Title: Boswell's Life of Johnson : including Boswell's Journal of a tour to the Hebrides and Johnson's Diary of a journey into North Wales, edited by George Birkbeck Hill, extra-illustrated, 1464-1897 (inclusive), 1724-1874 (bulk).

Printed books with hundreds of inserted manuscripts and prints relating to the text, compiled and bound by collector Robert Borthwick Adam.

ArchivalResource: 31 volumes (7.7 linear ft.)

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Musgrave, William, Sir, 1735-1800,. Autograph letter signed from W. Musgrave, London, to George Steevens [manuscript], 1790 February 10.

Title: Autograph letter signed from W. Musgrave, London, to George Steevens [manuscript], 1790 February 10.

Offers Steevens duplicate prints from his collection, with the disclaimer that "Mr. Granger & some others of my friends have more than once selected all that they chose. I must therefore conclude that nothing but chaff remains scarce worth any one's acceptance." Written from Park Place, St. James.

ArchivalResource: 2 leaves ; 23 x 19 cm.

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