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Excerpt from Memoirs of Anna Maria Wilhelmina Pickering, Vol. 1: Together With Extracts From the Journals of Her Father, John Spencer Stanhope, Describing His Travels on the Continent, and His Imprisonment Under Napoleon
Mr. Spencer kept a pack of hounds at Can non Hall, and hunted the country regularly.
There is a fine portrait of Walter Spencer Stanhope by Rey nolds, in a group of members of the Society of Dilettanti. The date of the picture is 1776, and the other figures in it are Sir W. W. Wynne, Sir J. Taylor, Mr. Payne Galway, Sir William Hamilton, Mr. Richard Thompson, and Mr. Smith of Heath. They are sitting and standing round a table, on which there is an ancient vase, apparently under discussion. The picture is the pro perty of the Society, and is, at present, in their rooms at the Grafton Gallery. It has been engraved.
For the following particulars as to his parents and chil dren, I am indebted chie?y to notes made by the Maria A. Spencer Stanhope mentioned below. -s. P.
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Mr. Spencer kept a pack of hounds at Can non Hall, and hunted the country regularly.
There is a fine portrait of Walter Spencer Stanhope by Rey nolds, in a group of members of the Society of Dilettanti. The date of the picture is 1776, and the other figures in it are Sir W. W. Wynne, Sir J. Taylor, Mr. Payne Galway, Sir William Hamilton, Mr. Richard Thompson, and Mr. Smith of Heath. They are sitting and standing round a table, on which there is an ancient vase, apparently under discussion. The picture is the pro perty of the Society, and is, at present, in their rooms at the Grafton Gallery. It has been engraved.
For the following particulars as to his parents and chil dren, I am indebted chie?y to notes made by the Maria A. Spencer Stanhope mentioned below. -s. P.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Language - English
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Spencer Pickering
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ISBN - 9780666889812
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 476
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Spencer Pickering
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ISBN - 9781331435754
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.6 cm
Page Count - 478
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