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541. Ashley MS 5257

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Ashley MS 5257
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The 'Kirklowes' Fragment: portions of an abandoned novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1861?]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of six folio leaves of cream wove paper, unwatermarked (ff. 1, 1b, 3-7b), one side only of another leaf of the same (f. 2), both sides of a folio leaf of blue laid paper (...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1861?]
Extent:
1 item

542. Ashley MS 5258

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Ashley MS 5258
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'François Villon': an essay by A. C. Swinburne; [1863-1864?]. Auto-graph fair copy, with revisions. ff. 1-5. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 48-49. Also included are the following poems:― 1. 'Atalanta in Calydon', [1864]. Autograph draft of a fragment of the poem. f. 6b. 2. 'A Ballad of Dead...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1863-1864?]
Extent:
1 item

543. Ashley MS 5259

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Ashley MS 5259
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'Songs Before Sunrise'. 'An Appeal to England' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; 1867. Fair copy, with occasional revisions, written on both sides of a folio leaf of grey laid paper. No watermark. The stanzas are numbered 1-12, and the poem is signed and dated 'A. C. Swinburne / November 20th 1867'...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1867
Extent:
1 item

544. Ashley MS 5260

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Ashley MS 5260
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'Ode on the Proclamation of the French Republic': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; [1870]. Autograph draft, written on both sides of two folio leaves of cream laid paper. Watermark 'ATP / Super Fine'. ff. 5-6b. Bound up with the MS. is a copy of the pamphlet Ode on the Proclamation of the French Repub...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1870]
Extent:
1 item

545. Ashley MS 5261

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Ashley MS 5261
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'Bothwell'. Autograph draft, heavily revised and with many deletions and additions, of Act I, Scenes I and II; [1868-1871]. In W. M. Rossetti's diary for 13 July 1868 (W. M. Rossetti, Rossetti Papers, 1903, p. 319) is the remark 'A month or two ago he [Swinburne] discovered that his MSS. of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1868-1871]
Extent:
1 item

546. Ashley MS 5262

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5262
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'Songs Before Sunrise'. 'Hertha' by Algernon Charles Swinburne; [1869-1870]. Fair copy, with revisions and additions, written on one side only of four folio leaves of white laid paper, and on both sides of a further leaf, where twelve additional stanzas are written on the verso. Watermark 'A Pir...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1869-1870]
Extent:
1 item

547. Ashley MS 5263

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5263
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'Erechtheus': a poem by A. C. Swinburne; [1875]. Autograph draft, written on one side only of forty-four folio leaves, and on both sides of a further twenty-one (ff. 4, 6, 11-17, 20, 30, 33, 38-44, 50, 52). The papers used are as follows:― Cream wove paper, with no watermark: ff. 1-10, 24-28, 3...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1875]
Extent:
1 item

548. Ashley MS 5264

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Ashley MS 5264
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Fiction: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Novel, 'Lesbia Brandon', by Algernon Charles Swinburne: [1864-1866?]: Autogr. draft. Imperf. includes: ff. iib, ivb Simeon Solomon, painter: Art. Illuminations and Drawings ENGLISH: Pencil drawings of characters from A. C. Swinburne's 'Lesbia Brando...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

549. Ashley MS 5264, A1953

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Ashley MS 5264, A1953
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'Lesbia Brandon': an unfinished novel by A. C. Swinburne; [1864-1866?]. Autograph draft, written on a variety of papers. The novel is printed in Lesbia Brandon, ed. Randolph Hughes, 1952, and in The Novels of A. C. Swinburne, with introduction by Edmund Wilson, 1962. A1953 contains autograph drafts and fair copies of the lyrics found interspersed through the novel. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 132-133; vii, pp. 4-5. Bound up with 5264 is the following extraneous material: 1. A chapter ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1864-1866?]
Extent:
2 items

550. Ashley MS 5266

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS 5266
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'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 'Inferiae'; 1877. Draft, written on one side only of a folio leaf of blue laid paper, watermarked 'E Towgood/1874'. The draft is entitled 'Inferiae', dated 'March 5th 1877', and signed 'ACS.'. The final text is identical with that printed on pp. 108-109 of the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877
Extent:
1 item