'On the Death of Richard Doyle': a sonnet by A. C. Swinburne; [1883]. Doyle died on 11 Dec. 1883. Autograph fair copy, signed 'Algernon Charles Swinburne', and written on one side only of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper. Watermark figure of Britannia. The text is identical with that first p...
Poems and Ballads by A. C. Swinburne; [1860-1865]. 1. 'A Ballad of Life'; [1862-1863]. Early draft of stanzas 1 and 2, written on one side only of a folio leaf of white wove paper, without watermark. Stanza 1 was later discarded, but the text of stanza 2 is substantially the same as that printe...
Letter from W. M. Rossetti to T. J. Wise, 27 March 1913 includes: ff. 21, 21b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from William Michael Rossetti rel. to Algernon Charles Swinburne: 19...
Letter from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 22 Dec. 1866 includes: ff. 22-23b J. Bertrand Payne, bookseller: William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Michael Rossetti rel. to J. Bertrand Payne: [18...
Eight Lines of Verse, apparently intended as a parody of E. B. Browning's 'Catarina to Camoëns', by A. C. Swinburne; [circa 1875?]. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a scrap of white laid paper 110mm. x 88mm. No watermark. The lines, which are in the form of a single stanza, and b...
Letter from A. C. Swinburne to T. J. Wise, concerning Wise's forged A. C. Swinburne, Siena, 1868; [July 1887]. Ashley Library Catalogue, vi, pp. 74-75. includes: f. 25 Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Thomas James Wise, book collector: Letter to Thomas James Wise from Algernon Charles Swinb...
'Bothwell'. Letter from Frederick Locker to Swinburne, concerning the first trial printing of Bothwell; 3 Aug. 1871. Accompanying the letter is the MS. of Rizzio's song in Scene I, formerly bound into 1866, an autograph fair copy, with revision of the last three lines, written on a sheet of writ...
Letter from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 19 April 1871 includes: ff. 29-30b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Michael Rossetti: 1871.
Letter from W. M. Rossetti to A. C. Swinburne, 29 Oct. 1869 includes: ff. 31-32b William Michael Rossetti, author and art critic: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Letter to Algernon Charles Swinburne from William Michael Rossetti: 1869: Imperf.