[copy] Extract from a letter by Horace Walpole

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Reference code

AND/9/167

Title

[copy] Extract from a letter by Horace Walpole

Date

16 Aug 1796

Level

Item

Extent & medium

1 piece

Content Description

Concerning a social gathering involving Richard Cosway, Maria Cosway and Dr. Burney.

He describes the attitude of the Cosways in the light of the recent death of their daughter.

On the reverse is an excerpt from Pindar's Pyric Odes, relating to Richard Cosway.