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41. Ashley MS A1753, A1754, 1755, A4273

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1753, A1754, 1755, A4273
Title:
Letters (12) from Simeon Solomon to A. C. Swinburne; [Sept. 1869?]-[Nov. 1872]. The greater part of the letters concerns Swinburne's essay 'Simeon Solomon: Notes on his Vision of Love, and Other Studies', printed in the Dark Blue for July 1871 (A1753; 1755, ff. 11b-16; A4273). Other subjects are Solomon's paintings (1755, ff. 5b, 6; A4273), Swinburne's Songs before Sunrise, 1871 (1755, f. 12b), and Le Tombeau de Théophile Gautier, 1873, to which Swinburne contributed. Passing reference is ma...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[Sep 1869?]-[Nov 1872]
Extent:
4 items

42. Ashley MS A1842, 4354

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1842, 4354
Title:
'Rosamond' (no title in the MS.): a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne; [1857-1860]. Two autograph drafts, the earlier (4354) containing the greater part of scene I, scenes II to IV, and approximately two thirds of scene V, the other (A1842), containing fragments of a later version of scene III. In a letter to Edwin Heath written 17 Feb. 1858 Swinburne first mentions this work, saying '. . . Rosamond is about my favourite poem, and is now verging on a satisfactory completion. The first scene...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
[1857-1860]
Extent:
2 items

43. Ashley MS A1873

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1873
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Bothwell': a verse drama by A. C. Swinburne, [1872-1873]. 1. Synopsis of Act V, Scene III; [1872-1873]. Autograph fair copy, with an addition at the end, written on one side only of two octavo leaves of grey laid paper. No watermark. From the evidence of Swinburne's letters it seems likely tha...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1872-1873
Extent:
1 item

44. Ashley MS A1896

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1896
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Poems and Ballads Second Series'. 1. 'The Last Oracle'; [1875-1876]. Early draft of ll. 85-96, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper. No watermark. The final text differs by only three words from that printed on p. 6 of the first edition. There are also two discarded li...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1867-1877
Extent:
1 item

45. Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1907, A4381, 4450, 5277
Title:
'Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp 146-147, 149-150; vii, pp. 67, 69. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in Tristram of Lyonesse and other Poems, 1882, to which page references apply.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1876-1883]
Extent:
4 items

46. Ashley MS A1915, A1939, A1991, A4394, 4407, 5082, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5269

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1915, A1939, A1991, A4394, 4407, 5082, 5089, 5091, 5092, 5269
Title:
'A Channel Passage and Other Poems' by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph drafts and fair copies of poems included in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 164-165, 168-170, 178-179, 191, 196, 201-202, 206; vii, p. 54. Except where expressly stated, the MSS. are not dated, entitled or signed, and the poems were published for the first time in A Channel Passage and Other Poems, 1904, to which page references apply. As follows:―
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1875-1904]
Extent:
10 items

47. Ashley MS A1922

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1922
Title:
Scope & Content:
'Love and Sleep': a poem of sixteen lines by A. C. Swinburne; [1871?]. Autograph draft, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white laid paper. Watermark '[ ]e Note / [ ] & Co'. The title has been added by a later hand. The poem was first printed, as 'Love and Sleep II', in Posthumou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
[1871?]
Extent:
1 item

48. Ashley MS A1966, A3428

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1966, A3428
Title:
Two Letters from Thomas Purnell to A. C. Swinburne, the earlier concerning Adah Isaacs Menken, the later the possibility of printing Swinburne's novel Love's Cross-Currents in a proposed new periodical to be called The Marlborough, and mentioning Swinburne's burlesque poem 'The Ballad of Bulgarie'; 4 Dec. 1867 and 1 Jan. 1877. Love's Cross-Currents was first published, as 'A Year's Letters', in the Tatler for 25 Aug.-29 Dec. 1877. The earlier letter is printed, with the omission of the first...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1867-1877
Extent:
2 items

49. Ashley MS A2064, B4515

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2064, B4515
Title:
Two Letters from Marjorie Rushforth to T. J. Wise, concerning the bibliography of John Taylor, the Water Poet; 19 April, 18 Nov. 1931. Ashley Library Catalogue, xi, pp. 124, 125.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
1931
Extent:
2 items

50. Ashley MS A2079, A2104, 4521

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A2079, A2104, 4521
Title:
Idylls of the King by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; [1869]. Autograph drafts of passages from 'The Coming of Arthur', 'Pelleas and Ettarre', and 'The Passing of Arthur', all of which were first published in The Holy Grail and other Poems, 1870 [1869]. Line numbers refer to The Poems of Tennyson, 1969, ed. Christopher Ricks. Ashley Library Catalogue, vii, pp. 110, 111, 130-132.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Italian
Date Range:
[1869]
Extent:
3 items