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Add MS 45876
- Record Id:
- 032-002018775
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-002018775
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000037.0x0000ae
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 45876
- Title:
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LETTERS TO ALFRED DOMETT (1811-1887), New Zealand poet and statesman; mainly from Robert Browning, the poet. See further Robert Browning and Alfred Domett, ed. F. G. Kenyon, 1906. Transcripts of artt. 1-3 are in Add. MS. 45558. As follows:-
(1) Twenty-three letters from Robert Browning; 7 Mar. 1840-11 Apr. 1877. Printed by Kenyon, op. cit. ff. 1-12, 18-22, 24-34, 45-52.
(2) Letter from Sarah Anna ('Sarianna') Browning, sister of the poet; 1 Mar. 1872. ff. 43-44.
(3) Three letters from Joseph Arnould (knt. 1859), Indian judge; May 1843-30 Nov. 1846. ff. 13-17, 35-37.
(4) Extracts, by Domett, from eight further letters of Arnould, rel. to Browning; 28 July 1844-7 Aug. 1868. Full transcripts of the first six letters are in Add. MS. 45560, ff. 36-61. ff. 23, 38-42. Paper; ff. iii + 52. Royal quarto. XIX cent. Formerly mounted in an album (Kenyon, op. cit., pp. 28, 58); since removed and bound in crushed red morocco by Rivière. At the beginning is a portrait of Browning in 1835 (f. i), engraved by J. C. Armytage, with facsimile signature (f. ii), cut out from A New Spirit of the Age, by R. H. Horne, 1844. Afterwards belonged to Domett's son, Alfred Nelson Domett. Purchased by Reginald John Smith, publisher (Sotheby's sale, 29 July 1904, lot 294); given by an anonymous donor to a Sotheby's Red Cross sale (13 Oct. 1942, lot 145) when the purchaser was Mrs R. J. Smith (cutting from sale-cat., f. iii). Presented by Mrs R. J. Smith in accordance with a wish expressed by her late husband.
- Scope & Content:
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Bindings ENGLISH: Crushed red morocco, by Rivière: 20th cent.
Rivière and Son; bookbinders: Bound: 20th cent.
Alfred Domett, NZ: poet and statesman. Letters to: 1840-1877.
includes:
- f. i Robert Browning, poet: Portrait, 1835. Engr. by J. C. Armytage: 1844.
- f. i Art. Portraits: R. Browning,: in 1835;: engr. by J. C. Armytage 1844.
- f. i J. C. Armytage: Portrait of R. Browning in 1835: by. 1844.: engr.
- f. ii Robert Browning, poet: Signature: n.d.: Facs.
- ff. 1-52 passim Robert Browning, poet: Letters to A. Domett: 1840-1877.
- ff. 13-17, 23, 35-42 Sir Joseph Arnould, Indian judge: Letters to A. Domett: 1842-1873.: Partly copies and extracts.
- f. 43 Sarianna Browning, alias Sarah Anna; sister of Robert Browning, poet: Letters to A. Domett: 1872.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-002018775
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-002018775
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1840
- End Date:
- 1877
- Date Range:
- 1840-1877
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Custodial History:
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Reginald John Smith, d 1916 KC; publisher: Owned.
Isobel Marion Smith, widow of R J Smith, publisher: Presented: in 1942.
Alfred Nelson Domett, son of Alfred Domett: Owned: until 1904.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Armytage, J. C. (Subject)
Arnould, Joseph, Knight, judge in India and writer, 1813-1886 (Subject)
Browning, Robert, poet, 1812-1889 (Subject)
Browning, Sarianna, sister of Robert Browning poet alias Sarah Anna (Subject)
Domett, Alfred Nelson, painter and son of Alfred Domett, d 1929 (Former owner)
Domett, Alfred, poet, politician and Premier of New Zealand, 1811-1887 (Subject)
Rivière and Son, bookbinders (Subject)
Smith, Isobel Marion, widow of R J Smith publisher (Former owner)
Smith, Reginald John, KC; publisher, d 1916 (Former owner)