Written on Jan, 23, 2016
by 19CRS
Robinson, Mary, Lyrical Tales (London: Printed for T.N. Longman and O. Rees by Biggs and Co., Bristol, 1800). First edition. ABLibrary 19thCent PR5233.R27 L97 1800 Rare Item Analysis: A Woman’s Take By Sarah Kramer Presentation: Kramer Rare item presentation Mary Robinson, née Darby, was an…
Written on Jan, 23, 2016
by 19CRS
The Grave, a poem. By Robert Blair. Illustrated by twelve etchings executed from original designs [designs by Blake]. London: Printed by T. Bensley, for the proprietor, RH Cromek (1808): ABLibrary Rare OVZ X 821.59 B635g Rare Item Presentation By Bahar Saber William Blake…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Correspondence related to Robert Browning’s The Ring and the Book 19 November 1862. Browning, Robert to Blagden, Isa. 19 March 1866. Browning, Robert to Panizzi, Anthony. 19 November 1868. Browning, Robert to Wedgwood, Julia. 30 January 1869. Wedgwood, Julia to Browning, Robert. 1 February…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Five Browning Letters Related to Chartism and the Working Classes EBB to Henrietta Moulton-Barrett (Document ID in The Brownings’ Correspondence: Letter 2724) EBB to John Kenyon (Document ID in The Brownings’ Correspondence: Letter 2730) EBB to Julia Martin (Checklist Number in The Browning…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Alexander Gilchrist’s The Life of William Blake, “Pictor Ignotus” ABL Brownings’ Lib Cop BL-C B B636gi 1863 v.1 and v. 2 Rare Item Analysis: Alexander Gilchrist’s The Life of William Blake, “Pictor Ignotus” By Anna McKay When William Blake died in 1827, only a handful of…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Robert Browning’s personal copy of The Ring and the Book, E0422 in the Browning Database Rare Item Analysis: A Gift Rediscovered: Robert Browning’s Revised The Ring and the Book By Aaron Cassidy One of the many treasures housed in the Armstrong Browning Library, on the campus…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Items related to Robert Browning’s “Christmas Eve” Letter from Ella Sophia Armitage to Robert Browning, December 6th. 1889 1850 Edition of “Christmas-Eve” owned by William Allingham with reader’s manuscript jingle. Browning Guide M0107. ABLibrary Rare X 821.83 P5 C466c c. 6 1850 Edition of…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Responses to the Chartists J.W. Whittaker’s Sermon to the Chartists ABLibrary 19thCent OVZ BX5133.W542x D7 1839 J.A. Jones’s New Church “Songs and Ballads” Set to Old Cathedral Music: An Analytical Review of “Songs and Ballads for the People” ABLibrary 19thCent OVZ BX5135.J66 1843 Christian Remembrancer‘s “Review of:…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Artifacts related to Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Aurora Leigh Manuscript of Aurora Leigh (Browning Guide D0051) Author’s proof corrections for Aurora Leigh (Browning Guide D0058) Author’s proof corrections for Aurora Leigh (Browning Guide D0061) Fly-sheet inscription (W.M. Rossetti, From the Authoress”) from Rare Book (ABLibrary…
Written on Jan, 21, 2016
by 19CRS
Baron Alfred Tennyson Manuscript: “To the Queen” Draft [N.D.] Rare Item Analysis: Comparison of an Early Draft of Tennyson’s “To the Queen” [N.D.] and the 1851 Published Version By Loren Warf About the Manuscript: Among the holdings of the Armstrong Browning Library (ABL)…