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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Level [40] File

811. Ashley MS A1903

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Ashley MS A1903
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'Astrophel and Other Poems'. 'A Moss-Rose'; before 1894. Fair copy of stanzas 1, 2, and 4, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of white wove paper. Watermark 'Hiera[tica] / (a vegetable [Parchment] / J, S [& Co.]'. The MS. is entitled 'A Moss-Rose' in Swinburne's hand. The text found ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
before 1894
Extent:
1 item

812. Ashley MS A1904

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Ashley MS A1904
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'John Jones': a parody by A. C. Swinburne; circa 1865. Autograph draft of stanzas IV-VII. f. 79. Also included are two letters [25, 26 Feb. 1881], from Dante Gabriel Rossetti to W. T. Watts[-Dunton] (ff. 80-82, printed in O. Doughty and J. R. Wahl, Letters of Dante Gabriel Rossetti, iv, 1967, pp...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1865
Extent:
1 item

813. Ashley MS A1905

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1905
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'Mary Stuart': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne. Autograph fair copy of the dedication, written on one side only of an octavo leaf of blue laid paper. No watermark. The text of the MS. is identical with that printed on p. v of the first edition, 1881, and with that given in a letter from Swinb...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1881
Extent:
1 item

814. Ashley MS A1907

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1907
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1. 'Tristram of Lyonesse II. The Queen's Pleasance'; [1881?]. Draft of ll. 86-131, written on one side only of two octavo leaves of white laid paper (ff. 90, 92), and on both sides of a third (f. 91). Of these, ff. 91 and 92 are conjoined. Watermark 'Joynson / 1871'. The final text found in the ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1877-1883
Extent:
1 item

815. Ashley MS A1911

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1911
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to T. J. Wise, concerning publications of the Shelley Society; 15 July 1886. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 157-158. includes: ff. 99, 100b, 101 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Algernon Charl...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
15 Jul 1886
Extent:
1 item

816. Ashley MS A1912

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1912
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'Charles Lamb and George Wither': an essay by A. C. Swinburne; 1884. Autograph draft of a passage subsequently cancelled, written on one side only of three quarto leaves of blue laid paper. Watermark 'E Towgood / 1882'. The portion of the draft found on the third leaf (f. 104a), with the additio...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1884
Extent:
1 item

817. Ashley MS A1914

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1914
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Letter from A. C. Swinburne to W. T. Watts[-Dunton], chiefly concerning his article on Victor Hugo, La Légende des Siècles, and the character of Benjamin Jowett; 10 July 1883. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 160-161. includes: ff. 107-110b Walter Theodore Watts-Dunton, formerly Watts; crit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
10 Jul 1883
Extent:
1 item

818. Ashley MS A1915

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1915
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'A Channel Passage and Other Poems'. 'A Word for the Navy'; [1879-1886]. Draft of Stanzas 3, 4, 10, 11, and 12, and of a discarded stanza, written on both sides of a folio leaf of blue laid paper. Watermark 'J. Allen & Sons / Superfine / 1879'. As follows: Stanzas 3, 4 and 10, in the order 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1879-1886]
Extent:
1 item

819. Ashley MS A1916

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1916
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Scope & Content:
'Evening by the sea' (thus entitled in a later hand): stanzas by A. C. Swinburne; [1859-1860?]. Autograph draft of five stanzas and two and a half cancelled lines, possibly of another stanza, beginning 'It was between the night and day', and descriptive of the sea shore at evening. The draft is ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1859-1860?]
Extent:
1 item

820. Ashley MS A1917

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1917
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Scope & Content:
'Gladstonian War-song': a satirical poem of twenty-eight lines by A. C. Swinburne; [1885-1886?]. Autograph fair copy, with four lines deleted, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of cream laid paper. No watermark. Internal evidence suggests a date for composition of 1885 or 1886. The fair co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1885-1886?]
Extent:
1 item