Anderdon's extract from a letter by Horace Walpole

RA Collection: Archive

Archive context

Showing item 119 of 168 in this group

Reference code

AND/3/171

Title

Anderdon's extract from a letter by Horace Walpole

Date

[c.1870]

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Written c.1786, concerning the creation of Boydell's Shakespeare gallery. Walpole scorns the idea, naming Bartolozzi and finishing "Lord help Alderman Boydell and the Royal Academy".

Physical Characteristics

Loose in volume.