Collection of Art "father" of the Gothic novel, declared to be pursued

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Collection of Art "father" of the Gothic novel, declared a wanted man

British art curators announced a campaign to bring the works of art from the collection of the XVIII century writer Horace Walpole (Horace Walpole, there are different options for the transfer of the name in Russian), author of the first Gothic works of literature - the novel "The Castle of Otranto." As writes The Daily Telegraph, show the values from the collection of the writer opened in 2010 in the Victoria and Albert Museum, in addition, its doors open to the public for the first time the estate Walpole Stroberri Hill.
Total in neo-Gothic mansion Walpole kept about 10 thousand objects, from paintings by Reynolds and Van Dyck to the gloves of King James I and the lock of the hair of Queen Mary I Tudor. About half of them are now in museums and from private collectors, and the location of the second half of the unknown. Among the values declared in the search - bejeweled dagger of Henry VIII, a bust of wife of the artist Nicolas Poussin's work, François Duquesnoy and Roman sculpture of the Emperor Vespasian, who belonged to his father Sir Robert Walpole, first Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Walpole built Stroberri Hill as their summer residence, but considered the possibility of turning it into a "temple of art. Subjects remained in the mansion after the death of Walpole in 1797, but many of them were sold to the heirs of the writer in 1842 during the 24-day auction. About searching for and buying fund collections will be announced through the newspaper The Art Newspaper. The exhibition organizers believe that many current owners of works of art may not be aware of their origin.

http://lenta.ru/news/2009/12/28/walpole/


Horace Walpole, 4 th Earl of Orford (born Horace Walpole, 4th Earl of Orford; 1717-1797) - British writer, founder of the genre of the Gothic novel. In Russian there is no unity in the transfer of his name: "Horace Walpole, Horeysho Walpole (Horatio Walpole),« Horace Walpole ».

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Preserved information about some kind of mirror polished black crystal that once belonged to the legendary personality of the second half of XVI century - John Dee.
John Dee - a brilliant mathematician and astronomer, the great scientist, a connoisseur of classical philology and languages, zealous collector of ancient manuscripts and savior, the owner of one of Europe's largest private libraries, the eminent philosopher, "the ideological father of Rosicrucianism, the seer, the person who can sleep only two hours a day - this is an incomplete list of characteristics of this enigmatic personality. This is a magic mirror, in particular, told manuscripts, at one time stored in the library of Cotonou. Included a mirror in the collection of curiosities collected by Horace Walpole. It looked like it was a magnificent piece of coal black, perfectly polished, dressed in the form of an oval with a handle of dark ivory.
And while many said that it was just an angle greater confidence in it. Maybe it was, and some other mineral. In any case, in the collection of graphs Peterborough is the mirror was kept with careful inscription: "Black Stone, by which Dr. Dee summoned spirits." Elias Ashmolean by outlandish and sinister book "Chemical Theater, tells about a black mirror in glowing terms:" With the help of this magic stone can be seen every person they want, in whatever part of the world, it may be, even if it is hidden to in the most remote chambers or caves that are placed in the bowels of the earth.

It is known that in any sort of Peterborough, or in the old Walpole, fearing such a power, never even tried to use the magic mirror. We did not do it themselves and not let others, jealously guarding a relic from the eyes of strangers. Fear more trouble, which could cause someone's improper curiosity.

But it so happened that in 1842 a collection of Walpole was put on the light with a hammer. When the sale of crystal ball for twelve pounds (according to French sources - for 336 francs) bought a man who preferred to remain anonymous. Despite all the searching, nor the mysterious man, neither black mirror Dee found it was not possible.
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In the library of Walter Scott, found a rare copy of the ballads Burns

In the library of Walter Scott discovered a rare copy of the ballads of the Scottish poet Robert Burns wrote on January 10 The Times. The author finds - the library staff member Lindsey Levy (Lindsay Levy) - found a piece of paper with the printed ballad invested in one of the books.
After some research, Levy found that a copy of the ballad was donated by Scott Burns' girlfriend, Maria Riddell. Letter indicating that Levy found in the papers of Scott - there Riddell points out that the text is not the best work of Burns, but is of some interest.

The ballad was written by Burns in support of the policy on behalf of Patrick Heron, who participated in the parliamentary elections in 1795. An expert on creativity Burns Karrazersa Gerard (Gerard Carruthers), a ballad does not present any literary value, but is very valuable to collectors - are preserved to date, only three copies of this work.

According Karrazersa for scientists rather important fact of detection of a ballad in Scott's library. This is due to the fact that in some literary works of Scott Burns expose the enemy - an assumption that finding directly refutes.

The cost of copies of a ballad is estimated at five thousand pounds sterling.

http://www.lenta.ru/news/2010/01/10/burns/

Robert Burns (in the old Russian writing Borns, Anglo-шотл. And Eng. Robert Burns, gelsk. Raibeart Burns, 1759-1796) - British (Scottish) poet, folklorist, author of numerous poems and poems written on the so-called "plain Scottish and English languages.

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The mysterious admirer first did not appear at the grave of Edgar Allan Poe

For the first time in six decades on the birthday of Edgar Allan Poe's mysterious fan has not visited the grave of the writer in Baltimore, reports agency Associated Press. Since 1949, a man in a black hat with a hidden face always came to the gravestone and left there for a bottle of cognac and three roses. Crush had become an object of pilgrimage for lovers of art by various parts of the country.
"I am confused, bewildered, - complained to the curator of the house-museum by Jeff Jerome (Jeff Jerome). - I do not know what is happening. A mysterious visitor has consistently appeared on the night of January 19, but this time at half past five in the morning, Jerome, with his friends who watched the tomb of the church, the churchyard is buried the writer was forced to go out and announce to other observers that the tradition is broken.

The identity of the mysterious admirer - it called the "Drinker for by" (Poe Toaster) - is still unknown, but assumed that it is not one person. In 1993, the grave was left a note saying that soon "the torch will pass to another, and after six years in the same way it was announced that the first fan died and was replaced by" heir ". In 2007, the 92-year-old resident of the United States Sam Porpora (Sam Porpora) announced that the crush was he and his friends, but Porpora believe not all.

Edgar Allan Poe, came to being 201 years ago, died in 1849 under mysterious circumstances. He was buried near the Westminster church without the proper honors, and only in October 2009, the second is an omission was made good: October 11 in Baltimore held an imitation of pompous funeral of the writer.

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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 in Boston, in a family of actors. Early lost his parents and was adopted by a wealthy merchant John Allan. Initially educated in England, in 1826, he entered the University of Virginia in the aristocratic Sharlottensville, where his neurotic heredity manifested in carousing and card game.

In 1830 entered the Military Academy at West Point, but soon resigned, which led to a break with the foster father. The young man was left without a livelihood, at which time he became a professional writer and journalist, and then leads a very hard life, tragically ended in death in a hospital bed. Writer, died Oct. 7, 1849 in Baltimore, according to doctors - from rabies, perhaps he was bitten by a sick cat - known that was not indifferent to these animals.