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CRACKANTHORPE, William (1790-1888). A collection of fifty letters by William Crackanthorpe, twenty-two by members of the Cookson and Wordsworth families and forty-two by friends, referring mainly to William Crackanthorpe's education and his travels in Europe on the Grand Tour, 1802-1815, and four Journals describing the Grand Tour and his visits to Scotland in 1810 and Ireland in 1812, including:
CRACKANTHORPE, William. Twenty-one autograph letters signed to his mother, Mrs Crackanthorpe, and twenty-nine to his sisters, Charlotte and Sarah, various cities in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and England, 15 October 1813 - 1 September 1815, approximately 225 pages, 4to, integral address panels (some letters stitched at centre folds, occasional discolouration and wear, splitting at folds, seal tears with loss of a few words). Three autograph manuscript Journals, the first containing observations mainly in Germany and Austria during the Grand Tour, 1813 - 1814, 77 pages, 4to (in three notebooks, blank leaves, original paper wrappers), the second a Journal of a tour in Ireland, 1812, 87 pages 4to and the third a Journal of a tour in Scotland, 1810, 35 pages, 4to; a Journal written by his sister, Sarah Crackanthorpe on the Scottish tour, (signed 'S.Crackanthorpe' on the last page) 31 pages, 4to, in a notebook, (original paper wrappers); and an autograph draft address by William Crackanthorpe to his 'fellow-villagers' on his departure from Newbiggin, 1813, 2 pages, folio, and approximately 40 letters and 10 notes addressed to him by acquaintances (mostly young ladies) on the continent, 1814-1815, 115 pages, mostly 8vo; three engraved maps of Europe (comprising 13 sheets) and one of Scotland (linen-backed, hand-coloured in outline, folding into original board slipcases).
Twenty-two letters by members of William Crackanthorpe's family including COOKSON, William (1764-1852, uncle of William Wordsworth). Five autograph letters signed to Mrs Crackanthorpe (his sister-in-law), Forncett, 5 May 1803-2 July n.y. [1804], advising her on her son's education, 15 pages, 4to, integral address panels (seal tears with loss of a few words) and two letters by William's headmasters. WORDSWORTH, Christopher (1744-1846, younger brother of William Wordsworth). Nine autograph letters signed, including seven to Christopher Crackanthorpe (his uncle), Cambridge, 4 May 1793 - and n.d. [circa 1792-1795], reporting his progress as an undergraduate, and two to Mrs Crackanthorpe, Trinity College Cambridge, 9 September 1804, and Birmingham, 19 November 1806, 23 pages, 4to (two leaves defective from excision of address panels). WORDSWORTH, Richard (d. 1816, elder brother of William Wordsworth). Six autograph letters signed to Mrs Crackanthorpe, Staple Inn, 24 August 1802-8 March 1805, writing as her husband's executor and with news of his brother John's death, 16 pages, 4to.
The collection includes altogether approximately 125 items, 650 pages, mostly 8vo and 4to.
A most interesting and entertaining collection, recording mainly the observations and activities of William Crackanthorpe, at first a youthful traveller in Ireland and Scotland, then a slightly priggish young man of 23 composing a farewell address to his tenants, commending them to piety and recommending a new clergyman, afterwards showing increasing sophistication and literary aptitude as he travels through Europe in the last two years of the Napoleonic era.
Embarking on this adventure with his friend, Lord Sligo, he writes first from Gothenburg of harsh conditions of travelling, their rooms ('nothing but nasty German stoves and thereby not the confort of a fireplace'), of politics and talk of war, the situation of English merchants, and of being entertained by noblemen and consuls. The diary supplements the letters with careful notes on rents, estate practices, and hints of the excitement of the travellers at the dramatic events unfolding on the Continent. They reach Berlin in time to witness the triumphant return of the King of Prussia, visit Potsdam where William shudders to recall that Frederick II and Voltaire 'for fear as it were of the light shining upon them....used to shut themselves up'. They remonstrate in vain at the callous treatment of French prisoners, and are shocked by the devastation near Leipzig and the excesses committed by the Cossacks. In Stuttgart William finds the monarchy quite tyrannical but dances with princesses and duchesses, e ncounters a renegade Irish general in exile, and as they move on observes the oppressive taxation in Hungary, and the different treatments of Jews, Catholics and Lutherans in the Empire. Lingering in Vienna from January - May 1814, William evidently conquered several hearts, for he later received a series of 'billets doux' from the city, some chatty letters, unsigned and in a neat feminine hand, others from 'Titine' and 'Euphemie', also an unhappily married Englishwoman in Munich, 'Mary W'.
William is rapidly captivated by Italy and at Venice finds gondoliers who 'frequently sing you whole stanzas of Tasso while rowing'. By Florence he is quite a connoisseur of the arts, is received in the Countess of Albany's salon and notes with disapproval the arrival of the Princess of Wales ('I trust not to play the fool with Lady Oxford at Naples'). He begins, too, to envisage a 'most desirable revolution, Italy might now throw off the yoke of Austria and establish herself as a great and independent kingdom'. A long and interesting letter describes a visit to Napoleon (on Elba) whose conversation upon 'indifferent subjects' he finds astonishingly lively and gentlemanlike, but also observes 'an almost fiendish expression' on the fallen tyrant's face. The letters from Florence are spiced with amusing references to the English travellers in Italy, 'where all the inns are completely full, the galleries are crowded and one sees nothing but little bonnets and long coats instead of French fashions', going on to comment primly of his fellow-countrywomen that 'In the evening so short and scanty are their petticoats and really so indecently are they exposed that even Italians are shocked'.
In Rome he hurries round the antiquities, and notes that the English colony is pushing on to Naples. By February 1815 William is at Naples himself, and accompanies the Princess of Wales in her ascent of Vesuvius. Though apprehensive at lack of news from home and rumours of Napoleon's escape, he argues persuasively the case for remaining abroad while he has the chance. Reluctantly making for home, he pauses again in Vienna, and makes an impromptu detour to Paris ('Eccomi a Parigi! as an Italian would say') where the public buildings outshine those of London as much as the shops are inferior, and the Louvre is filled with the treasures of Europe plundered by Napoleon. One final detour, to inspect the plains of Waterloo, and the young squire concludes this correspondence with the announcement of his arrival in London, 'I cannot tell you with what delight I hailed the white cliffs of this dear country'.
The family letters include advice from William Cookson on his nephew's education, praising Dr Gretton's seminary which charges #150 a year, with extras for French, dancing and laundry, and confirming that William is accepted there. Christopher Wordsworth writes to his uncle and guardian of his prowess at Cambridge and sends him his college accounts including 'Apothecary, Bedmaker, Milliner....totality #28-1-1½', adding 'I may with justice assure you that I am not conscious to myself of the least extravagance'. Later, he tells his aunt of his ecclesiastical preferments. His brother Richard writes to Mrs Crackanthorpe as executor of her husband's will, and on family business, in 1805 reporting the loss of the ship in which his brother (John) has perished, 'I have not any reason to suppose my brother William will sustain any loss in his property'.
William Crackanthorpe was Wordsworth's first cousin. His father Christopher (1745-1799) was brother to Wordsworth's mother, Ann Cookson, and later guardian to the Wordsworth children. He took the name of Crackanthorpe on succeeding to his maternal uncle's estate at Newbiggin in Westmoreland. His younger brother William Cookson was William and Dorothy Wordsworth's favourite uncle. Christopher Wordsworth, the poet's younger brother, was appointed chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury soon after leaving Cambridge and later returned to the university as Master of Trinity College. Richard, the older brother was an attorney in London. All the Wordsworth family had invested in the 'Earl of Abergavenny', the East Indiaman of which their brother John Wordsworth was in command when she sank off Weymouth in 1805. (125)
CRACKANTHORPE, William. Twenty-one autograph letters signed to his mother, Mrs Crackanthorpe, and twenty-nine to his sisters, Charlotte and Sarah, various cities in Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy, France and England, 15 October 1813 - 1 September 1815, approximately 225 pages, 4to, integral address panels (some letters stitched at centre folds, occasional discolouration and wear, splitting at folds, seal tears with loss of a few words). Three autograph manuscript Journals, the first containing observations mainly in Germany and Austria during the Grand Tour, 1813 - 1814, 77 pages, 4to (in three notebooks, blank leaves, original paper wrappers), the second a Journal of a tour in Ireland, 1812, 87 pages 4to and the third a Journal of a tour in Scotland, 1810, 35 pages, 4to; a Journal written by his sister, Sarah Crackanthorpe on the Scottish tour, (signed 'S.Crackanthorpe' on the last page) 31 pages, 4to, in a notebook, (original paper wrappers); and an autograph draft address by William Crackanthorpe to his 'fellow-villagers' on his departure from Newbiggin, 1813, 2 pages, folio, and approximately 40 letters and 10 notes addressed to him by acquaintances (mostly young ladies) on the continent, 1814-1815, 115 pages, mostly 8vo; three engraved maps of Europe (comprising 13 sheets) and one of Scotland (linen-backed, hand-coloured in outline, folding into original board slipcases).
Twenty-two letters by members of William Crackanthorpe's family including COOKSON, William (1764-1852, uncle of William Wordsworth). Five autograph letters signed to Mrs Crackanthorpe (his sister-in-law), Forncett, 5 May 1803-2 July n.y. [1804], advising her on her son's education, 15 pages, 4to, integral address panels (seal tears with loss of a few words) and two letters by William's headmasters. WORDSWORTH, Christopher (1744-1846, younger brother of William Wordsworth). Nine autograph letters signed, including seven to Christopher Crackanthorpe (his uncle), Cambridge, 4 May 1793 - and n.d. [circa 1792-1795], reporting his progress as an undergraduate, and two to Mrs Crackanthorpe, Trinity College Cambridge, 9 September 1804, and Birmingham, 19 November 1806, 23 pages, 4to (two leaves defective from excision of address panels). WORDSWORTH, Richard (d. 1816, elder brother of William Wordsworth). Six autograph letters signed to Mrs Crackanthorpe, Staple Inn, 24 August 1802-8 March 1805, writing as her husband's executor and with news of his brother John's death, 16 pages, 4to.
The collection includes altogether approximately 125 items, 650 pages, mostly 8vo and 4to.
A most interesting and entertaining collection, recording mainly the observations and activities of William Crackanthorpe, at first a youthful traveller in Ireland and Scotland, then a slightly priggish young man of 23 composing a farewell address to his tenants, commending them to piety and recommending a new clergyman, afterwards showing increasing sophistication and literary aptitude as he travels through Europe in the last two years of the Napoleonic era.
Embarking on this adventure with his friend, Lord Sligo, he writes first from Gothenburg of harsh conditions of travelling, their rooms ('nothing but nasty German stoves and thereby not the confort of a fireplace'), of politics and talk of war, the situation of English merchants, and of being entertained by noblemen and consuls. The diary supplements the letters with careful notes on rents, estate practices, and hints of the excitement of the travellers at the dramatic events unfolding on the Continent. They reach Berlin in time to witness the triumphant return of the King of Prussia, visit Potsdam where William shudders to recall that Frederick II and Voltaire 'for fear as it were of the light shining upon them....used to shut themselves up'. They remonstrate in vain at the callous treatment of French prisoners, and are shocked by the devastation near Leipzig and the excesses committed by the Cossacks. In Stuttgart William finds the monarchy quite tyrannical but dances with princesses and duchesses, e ncounters a renegade Irish general in exile, and as they move on observes the oppressive taxation in Hungary, and the different treatments of Jews, Catholics and Lutherans in the Empire. Lingering in Vienna from January - May 1814, William evidently conquered several hearts, for he later received a series of 'billets doux' from the city, some chatty letters, unsigned and in a neat feminine hand, others from 'Titine' and 'Euphemie', also an unhappily married Englishwoman in Munich, 'Mary W'.
William is rapidly captivated by Italy and at Venice finds gondoliers who 'frequently sing you whole stanzas of Tasso while rowing'. By Florence he is quite a connoisseur of the arts, is received in the Countess of Albany's salon and notes with disapproval the arrival of the Princess of Wales ('I trust not to play the fool with Lady Oxford at Naples'). He begins, too, to envisage a 'most desirable revolution, Italy might now throw off the yoke of Austria and establish herself as a great and independent kingdom'. A long and interesting letter describes a visit to Napoleon (on Elba) whose conversation upon 'indifferent subjects' he finds astonishingly lively and gentlemanlike, but also observes 'an almost fiendish expression' on the fallen tyrant's face. The letters from Florence are spiced with amusing references to the English travellers in Italy, 'where all the inns are completely full, the galleries are crowded and one sees nothing but little bonnets and long coats instead of French fashions', going on to comment primly of his fellow-countrywomen that 'In the evening so short and scanty are their petticoats and really so indecently are they exposed that even Italians are shocked'.
In Rome he hurries round the antiquities, and notes that the English colony is pushing on to Naples. By February 1815 William is at Naples himself, and accompanies the Princess of Wales in her ascent of Vesuvius. Though apprehensive at lack of news from home and rumours of Napoleon's escape, he argues persuasively the case for remaining abroad while he has the chance. Reluctantly making for home, he pauses again in Vienna, and makes an impromptu detour to Paris ('Eccomi a Parigi! as an Italian would say') where the public buildings outshine those of London as much as the shops are inferior, and the Louvre is filled with the treasures of Europe plundered by Napoleon. One final detour, to inspect the plains of Waterloo, and the young squire concludes this correspondence with the announcement of his arrival in London, 'I cannot tell you with what delight I hailed the white cliffs of this dear country'.
The family letters include advice from William Cookson on his nephew's education, praising Dr Gretton's seminary which charges #150 a year, with extras for French, dancing and laundry, and confirming that William is accepted there. Christopher Wordsworth writes to his uncle and guardian of his prowess at Cambridge and sends him his college accounts including 'Apothecary, Bedmaker, Milliner....totality #28-1-1½', adding 'I may with justice assure you that I am not conscious to myself of the least extravagance'. Later, he tells his aunt of his ecclesiastical preferments. His brother Richard writes to Mrs Crackanthorpe as executor of her husband's will, and on family business, in 1805 reporting the loss of the ship in which his brother (John) has perished, 'I have not any reason to suppose my brother William will sustain any loss in his property'.
William Crackanthorpe was Wordsworth's first cousin. His father Christopher (1745-1799) was brother to Wordsworth's mother, Ann Cookson, and later guardian to the Wordsworth children. He took the name of Crackanthorpe on succeeding to his maternal uncle's estate at Newbiggin in Westmoreland. His younger brother William Cookson was William and Dorothy Wordsworth's favourite uncle. Christopher Wordsworth, the poet's younger brother, was appointed chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury soon after leaving Cambridge and later returned to the university as Master of Trinity College. Richard, the older brother was an attorney in London. All the Wordsworth family had invested in the 'Earl of Abergavenny', the East Indiaman of which their brother John Wordsworth was in command when she sank off Weymouth in 1805. (125)