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Ashley MS 2588
- Record Id:
- 040-001979283
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001448.0x000159
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 2588
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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'Sludge, the medium': a short story in the form of a conversation between several characters, by Robert Browning, the father of the poet; [circa 1860?]. Autograph fair copy, written on one side only of eighteen octavo leaves of white wove paper. No watermark. At the head of each page is a pen and watercolour sketch of the head and shoulders of one of the speakers. The leaves have been numbered 1-18, and are wrapped in a sheet of blue paper on which is the autograph note 'Sludge, the Medium / H / Miss Haworth'. A similar MS. with the same title was included in lot 127 of the Browning sale at Sotheby's, May 1913. For another MS. by Robert Browning, father of the poet, see 5720. Ashley Library Catalogue, x, p. 36.
Quarto; ff. ii+19.
Robert Browning, father of Robert Browning, poet: 'Sludge, The Medium' by Robert Browning: [circa 1860?]: Autogr. fair copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001979283 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 2588 : 'Sludge, the medium': a short story in the form of a conversation between several characters, by Robert Browning, the father… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[0632]/040-001979283
- 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:
- 1855
- End Date:
- 1865
- Date Range:
- [c 1860?]
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Browning, Robert, father of Robert Browning poet