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Archive Reference (shelfmark) Ashley MS A17-5768 Material Type Archives and Manuscripts

891. Ashley MS A1912

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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

892. Ashley MS A1914

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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

893. Ashley MS A1915

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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

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

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

895. Ashley MS A1916

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1916
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'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

896. Ashley MS A1917

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Ashley MS A1917
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'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

897. Ashley MS A1918

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Ashley MS A1918
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'An Epitaph of the Past' and 'An Epitaph of the Future': two epitaphs, one for General Gordon, the other a satirical epitaph for W. E. Gladstone, by A. C. Swinburne; [1887?]. Autograph fair copies, both written on the same side of a part folio leaf of blue laid paper, 122 x 191mm. No watermark. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1887?]
Extent:
1 item

898. Ashley MS A1919

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Ashley MS A1919
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Roundel beginning 'For a Light Love's Sake if a Man be Stricken' by A. C. Swinburne; [after 1877?]. Autograph fair copy, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of cream laid mourning paper. Watermark '[ ] & Sons / [ ] Fine'. The MS. is signed at the end 'A. C. Swinburne'. The hand and the u...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[after 1877?]
Extent:
1 item

899. Ashley MS A1920

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Ashley MS A1920
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Four Lines of Verse by A. C. Swinburne; n.d. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of a scrap of pale grey wove paper, 89 x 111mm. The lines, 'Which is most worthy the rod That justice wields when she can, Man, the creator of God, Or God, the creature of man?' are alleged by...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item

900. Ashley MS A1921

Reference (shelfmark):
Ashley MS A1921
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'Locrine': a verse tragedy by A. C. Swinburne. includes: f. 118 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Verse tragedy, 'Locrine', stanzas 7-9 of the Dedication by Algernon Charles Swinburne: 1887: Autogr. fair copy.f. 119 Poetry ENGLISH: Algernon Charles Swinburne, poet: Verse tr...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Unspecified
Extent:
1 item