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Ashley MS 5744
- Record Id:
- 040-001980242
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001978147
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000001482.0x0001f4
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Ashley MS 5744
- Title:
- Scope & Content:
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Letters (9) from Walter Savage Landor to the Countess of Blessington; 1837-1846. The letters contain the following literary compositions:―
1. Autograph fair copy of the last scene of the drama 'Orestes'; [1837]. ff. 3b-4.
2. Autograph fair copy of a poem, beginning 'Why, why repine, my pensive friend'; [1838]. f. 5b.
3. Autograph fair copy of verses beginning 'Volage est Plaisir: entre nous'; [1838]. f. 7b.
4. Autograph fair copy of a translation of the 'Henriade'; [1838]. Fragment. f. 7b.
5. Autograph fair copy of verses beginning 'Anne Boleyn! though I may be wrong'; [1838]. f. 8.
6. Autograph fair copy of verses beginning 'Give me the eyes that look on mine'; [1838]. f. 8.
7. Autograph fair copy of verses beginning 'Beauty's pure native gems, ye golden hairs'; [1838]. f. 8.
8. Autograph fair copy, with revisions, of a prose composition 'Pleasure, Youth and Age. An Allegory'; [1839]. ff. 9-10.
9. Autograph fair copy of a fragment of an opera; [1840]. Italian. ff. 11, 11b, 12b.
10. Autograph fair copy of lines beginning 'To thee I call O Sun! to tell thee how I love thy beams'; [1845]. f. 14b.
11. Autograph fair copy of verses beginning 'That lovely name adorns my song'; n.d. f. 17b.
12. Autograph fair copy of verses 'What is really my belief'; n.d. f. 18.
Quarto; ff. i+18.
Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Marguerite Gardiner, alias Margaret; 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington; author: Letters to Countess of Blessington from Walter Savage Landor: 1837-1846.
includes:
- ff. 3b-4 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Drama ENGLISH: Drama, 'Orestes', by Walter Savage Landor: [1837]: Autogr. fair copy of the last scene.
- f. 5b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Poem, beg. 'Why, why repine, my pensive friend', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 7b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Translation of the 'Henriade' by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Autogr. fair copy. Fragm.
- f. 7b Poetry FRENCH: Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Verses, beg. 'Volage est Plaisir: entre nous', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Fr: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 8 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, beg. 'Beauty's pure native gems, ye golden hairs', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 8 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, beg. 'Give me the eyes that look on mine', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 8 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, beg. 'Anne Boleyn! though I may be wrong', by Walter Savage Landor: [1838]: Autogr. fair copy.
- ff. 9-10 Essays English: Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Prose composition, 'Pleasure, Youth and Age. An Allegory', by Walter Savage Landor: [1839]: Autogr. fair copy with revisions.
- ff. 11, 11b, 12b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Fragment of an opera by Walter Savage Landor: [1840]: Ital: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 14b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Lines, beg. 'To thee I call O Sun! to tell thee how I love thy beams', by Walter Savage Landor: [1845]: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 17b Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, beg. 'That lovely name adorns my song', by Walter Savage Landor: n.d: Autogr. fair copy.
- f. 18 Walter Savage Landor, d.1864; author: Poetry ENGLISH: Verses, 'What is really my belief', by Walter Savage Landor: n.d: Autogr. fair copy.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Ashley Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001978147
040-001980242 - Is part of:
- Ashley MS A17-5768 : Ashley Manuscripts
Ashley MS 5744 : Letters (9) from Walter Savage Landor to the Countess of Blessington; 1837-1846. The letters contain the following literary… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001978147[1499]/040-001980242
- Container:
- View / search within Archive / Collection: Ashley MS A17-5768
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
French
Italian - Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1837
- End Date:
- 1846
- Date Range:
- 1837-1846
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
-
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- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Gardiner, Marguerite alias Margaret, 2nd wife of Charles, Earl of Blessington, author, 1789-1849
Landor, Walter Savage, d1864, author