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Ashley MS A236
- Record Id:
- 040-001978273
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001408.0x0002a0
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS A236
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Epistle to a Canary': a verse letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Hunter; 1837. Autograph draft, wanting lines 156-230, written on both sides of three octavo leaves, two of cream wove paper (ff. 126, 128), the third (f. 127) of grey wove paper. Watermark (f. 128) 'Gree[ ] / 18[ ]'. F. 128, which had previously been used as a letter wrapper, is postmarked 21 April 1837. The verse letter is accompanied by a 35 line postscript, written on both sides of an octavo leaf of cream wove paper (f. 129). No watermark. The verse letter, but not the postscript, was first printed in Epistle to a Canary, 1913, probably from a fair copy now in the Armstrong Browning Library, Baylor University. Another fair copy is in the Berg Collection, New York Public Library. Ashley Library Catalogue, i, p. 106.
includes:
- ff. 126-129b Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet: Poetry ENGLISH: Verse letter, 'Epistle to a Canary' by Elizabeth Barrett Browning: 1837: Autogr. draft. Imperf.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001978273 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS A236 : 'Epistle to a Canary': a verse letter from Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Hunter; 1837. Autograph draft, wanting lines… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0077]/040-001978273
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1837
- Date Range:
- 1837
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- User Conditions:
- Former Internal References:
- Vol. A I, ff. 126-129b.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, poet, 1806-1861