Epitaph book, [ca. 1798].

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Epitaph book, [ca. 1798].

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Manuscript, in both the Duchess's hand as well as Horace Walpole's, of three elegiac items. Written on the first page in the Duchess's hand is an epitaph of Laura (Keppel) Fitzroy, Duchess of Southampton, accompanied by an elegiac poem about her. This entry is followed by another poem, in the same hand, bidding farewell to life. The final item in the manuscript is a poem pasted in, in Walpole's hand, of an epitaph on his niece and the Duchess's sister, Charlotte (Walpole) Tollemache, Countess of Dysart. The text of this poem differs from that which appears in Walpole's collection of Fugitive Verses.

1 v. (4 leaves) ; 19 cm.

Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library

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