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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 266
Title
MS poem, entitled 'Ad Regem' [George II], by Robert Drummond, Archbishop of York; n.d.[c.1727]
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of a 48-line poem in 12 Alcaic stanzas addressed to King George II.
The text also mentions Queen Caroline.
A rather different text was published in 1728, but this must date from a similar period at the beginning of the reign.
Title Of Work
Ad Regem
First Line of Poem
Quaecunq<ue> mentem sollicitudines
Last Line of Poem
Nectere temporibus corollam?
Language
Latin
Physical Description
One folio folded once to form two quartos
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, approx. 90 x 65 mm
Watermark
Arms of Great Britain
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA11309
George II (1683-1760); King of Great Britain and Ireland
1683-1760
NA15083
Caroline Amelia Elizabeth (1768-1821); Queen Consort; Queen of George IV; daughter of Duke Charles of Brunswick
1768-1821
NA11968
Drummond; Robert Hay- (1711-1776); Archbishop of York; Bishop of Asaph 1748-1761; Archbishop of York 1761-1776; brother of T. Hay 9th Earl of Kinnoul
1711-1776
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