Percival Merritt collection of Horace Walpole manuscripts, 1751-1920.

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Percival Merritt collection of Horace Walpole manuscripts, 1751-1920.

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Includes materials by and about Horace Walpole and his Strawberry Hill Press, including: portrait drawings from his Anecdotes of painting in England, of John Greenhill and Adrian Vandienst; a genealogy of the Walpole family; receipts; travel diary for journeys to Paris; Strawberry Hill visitor's book; transcript copy of his 1796 will; notes on printing at the Press; notes on Walpole and the Press by Merritt; and other materials.

6 v. (1 linear ft.)

Houghton Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8227943

Houghton Library

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Walpole family.

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Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797

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Dr. John Allen (1771-1843) was a political and historical writer. In 1791 he graduated with an MD from the University of Edinburgh. In 1801, in his capacity as a doctor, he accompanied Lord Holland to Spain, and on his return to England became a regular inmate of Holland House. Although he served in 1806 as under-secretary to the commissioners for treating with America, Allen is best known for his social life at Holland House, especially as documented in his diary. He also helped Lord Holland to...

Merritt, Percival, 1860-1932

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Horatio Horace Walpole, fourth Earl of Orford (1717-1797), was an English writer, politician, connoisseur, and collector. He was the youngest son of Sir Robert Walpole, British prime minister and leading Whig politician, and Catherine Shorter Walpole. He attended first Eton, and then King's College, Cambridge, and became good friends with the poet Thomas Gray. Between 1739 and 1741 Gray and Walpole embarked on a grand tour of Europe. Walpole was elected to Parliament in 1741 and served until 176...

Greenhill, John, 1649-1676

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Strawberry Hill Press

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Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)

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Vandienst, Adrian

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