Collection of mostly English epitaphs
Reference code
MSS/0991
Title
Collection of mostly English epitaphs
Date
c. 1812
Level of description
item
Extent and format
ff. i + 42.
Quarto.
Brown leather spine, rubbed, with marbled boards. Bookplate of John Frederick Head, FSA, fol. i.
Quarto.
Brown leather spine, rubbed, with marbled boards. Bookplate of John Frederick Head, FSA, fol. i.
Scope and content
Collection of (mostly) English epitaphs; (entry dated Oct. 1812, fol. 2v), Contains epitaphs of well-known figures such as Dr Johnson (fols. 8v-9, 39), Benjamin Franklin (fol. 9), Hogarth (fols. 11, 12v), Garrick and his wife (fols. 11v-12v), Shakespeare (fol. 13), and a group relating to the poet William Cowper (fols. 24-5, etc.). Also includes satirical or unusual epitaphs and a Dialogue (fol. 19). Some entries were copied in situ, including a number from the London area, e.g. Fulham, Chelsea, Chiswick, Stepney, Richmond and Twickenham. In a later hand a list of stocks and shares (fol. 41v), and a few index entries (fol. 42v).
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/991