BIB_ID
333242
Accession number
MA 497.28
Creator
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797
Display Date
1785 Feb. 9.
Credit line
Acquired by Pierpont Morgan, before 1904.
Description
1 item (2 p.), bound ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of the correspondence of Horace Walpole to various recipients including Henry Seymour Conway, Benjamin Ibbot and Horace Mann and with a small number of miscellaneous writings and copies of the writings of others. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
The autograph manuscript does not bear a title but the published text is titled "Plan for Encouraging Painting."
The autograph manuscript does not bear a title but the published text is titled "Plan for Encouraging Painting."
Provenance
Given by Mary Berry to Sir Frankland Lewis; by descent to his daughter-in-law Lady Theresa Lewis; by descent to her son Sir Thomas Villiers Lister; by descent to his wife Lady Lister; acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1904.
Summary
Stating that "It is a common complaint that in England there is little or no encouragement for historic painting;" proposing a detailed fund raising scheme for the commission of historic paintings to be hung in churches and public places; detailing specific amounts to be contributed from the salaries of bishops and public officials.
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