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Mary Hamilton Papers
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Bookreader_HAM_3_4
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Reference Number:
HAM/3/4
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HAM/3/4
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Series Title:
Manuscript Volumes
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Manuscript Volumes
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Parent Work Title:
Manuscript Volume
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Date Created:
1784-11
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1784-11
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Description:
A manuscript volume of a 'Catalogue of Curiosities at Bulstrode'. The volume is inscribed by Hamilton 'An Humble attempt to give a description of some of the things in the possession of her Grace the Duchess Dow of Portland, Bulstrode Nov[em]ber 1784'. Further down the sheet Hamilton continues 'There is not mention[e]d in the following Catalogue any thing that that was not purchased by her Grace or given to her neither are Pictures &c. which the late Earl of Oxford gave to the late Duke of Portland nor any part of the Collection at Welbeck'. Included in the volume is a detailed description of Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book; illuminated manuscripts; An 'illuminated misal given by her present Majesty Queen Charlotte in 1779'; numerous miniatures and paintings; sculpture; an ornament given by Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk; Inatglios and a six page catalogue of the pictures in the hall at Bulstrode The sheets of the volume have been stitched together and placed between marble wrappers. The volume includes a number of loose leave inserts including a drawing of an object presumably at Bulstrode, a list of pictures bought by the Duchess Dow of Portland from a sale and a newspaper cutting dated 1784 announcing the birth is a Prince to the Infanta Louisa Maria, consort to the Prince of Asturias.
description
A manuscript volume of a 'Catalogue of Curiosities at Bulstrode'. The volume is inscribed by Hamilton 'An Humble attempt to give a description of some of the things in the possession of her Grace the Duchess Dow of Portland, Bulstrode Nov[em]ber 1784'. Further down the sheet Hamilton continues 'There is not mention[e]d in the following Catalogue any thing that that was not purchased by her Grace or given to her neither are Pictures &c. which the late Earl of Oxford gave to the late Duke of Portland nor any part of the Collection at Welbeck'. Included in the volume is a detailed description of Queen Elizabeth's Prayer Book; illuminated manuscripts; An 'illuminated misal given by her present Majesty Queen Charlotte in 1779'; numerous miniatures and paintings; sculpture; an ornament given by Mary Queen of Scots to the Duke of Norfolk; Inatglios and a six page catalogue of the pictures in the hall at Bulstrode The sheets of the volume have been stitched together and placed between marble wrappers. The volume includes a number of loose leave inserts including a drawing of an object presumably at Bulstrode, a list of pictures bought by the Duchess Dow of Portland from a sale and a newspaper cutting dated 1784 announcing the birth is a Prince to the Infanta Louisa Maria, consort to the Prince of Asturias.
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Catalogues
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Catalogues
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Language Code:
eng-GB
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eng-GB
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Language:
English
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English
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Category of Material:
Archives
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Archives
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Technique Used:
Handwriting
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Handwriting
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Medium:
Ink
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Ink
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Support:
Paper
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Paper
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Time Period Covered:
18th Century CE
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18th Century CE
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Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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The University of Manchester Library
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Copyright restrictions may apply
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
26/02/2013
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2013-04
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Collection Code:
Mary Hamilton Papers
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Mary Hamilton Papers
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