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Add MS 89486
- Record Id:
- 032-004265011
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-004265011
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100150413640.0x000001
- LARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100174812255.0x000001
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 89486
- Title:
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Charlotte Brontë, 'Characters of the Celebrated Men of the Present Time by Captain Tree'
- Scope & Content:
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Miniature book by Charlotte Brontë titled, 'Characters of the Celebrated Men of the Present Time by Captain Tree'. Written in ink on hand cut paper. In ten chapters, each signed by 'CB', 'Captain Tree', 'C. Tree' or 'CT' and dated between 12 and 17 December 1829.
Contents:
‘Chapter the first Character and Description of the Duke of Wellington’, 12 December 1829.
‘Chapter the 2 Character of the Marquis of Douro and Lord C. Wellesley’, 16 December 1829.
‘Chapter III Character of Captain Bud’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter IV Character of Young Soult’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter V Character of Sergeant Bud’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter the 6th Character of Rogue’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter the 7th Character of Young Man Naughty’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter 8th Doctor Hume Badey’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter the 9th Pigtail’, 17 December 1829.
‘Chapter the 10th Characters of De Lisle, Le Brun, Dundee, and Vernet’, 17 December 1829.
‘Contents’, signed by 'Charlotte Bronte' and 'Captain Tree', and dated 'Dec the 17 1829'. The 'Contents' page lists 11 chapters. ‘Marquis or Douro’ and ‘Lord Charles Wellesley’ are listed as separate chapters, when in the text they are combined in ‘Chapter the 2’.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-004265011
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-004265011
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- https://iiif.bl.uk/uv/#?manifest=https://bl.digirati.io/iiif/ark:/81055/vdc_100174812255.0x000001
- Thumbnail:
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- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1829
- End Date:
- 1829
- Date Range:
- 12 Dec 1829-17 Dec 1829
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
- Restrictions to access apply please consult British Library staff
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- User Conditions:
- Letter of introduction required to view this manuscript. Restrictions to access apply.
- Physical Characteristics:
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Material: paper.
Dimensions: 50 x 37 mm.
Foliation: 8 folios + covers + 1 envelope. The manuscript is not foliated due to its size.
Binding: original yellow paper covers.
- Custodial History:
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This manuscript is jointly owned by the British Library, the Brontë Society (Brontë Parsonage Museum) and the University of Leeds (Brotherton Library).
From the Honresfield Library, collected by William Law (1836-1901). The collection passed to William Law's brother, Alfred Law, in 1901 and then to their nephew, Sir Alfred Law (1860-1939) in 1913. Owned by the Law family until the sale of the Honresfield Library in 2022.
- Former External References:
- BFT3B
- Former Internal References:
- deposit 11474
- Source of Acquisition:
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From the Honresfield Library, collected by William Law (1836-1901). Purchased for the nation in 2022 by the Friends of the National Library Libraries with the support of the Blavatnik Family Foundation and the National Heritage Memorial Fund, and shared between UK institutions. The British Library was also supported in the fundraising appeal by The American Trust for the British Library and The Bernard H. Breslauer Fund of the American Trust for the British Library, The British Library Collections Trust, The Ardeola Charitable Trust, the Vogel-Denebeim Family and many other individuals. A collection of printed books can also be found in British Library collections and the collection is now known as the Blavatnik Honresfield Library.
- Publications:
- Christine Alexander (ed.), An Edition of the Early Writings of Charlotte Brontë (Oxford: Blackwell, 1987), volume 1, pp. 123-130.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)