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Creator
Date
1829-[1861?]
Location
Italy
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
9 items
Language
English
Genre
Communications
Literary
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 128940
Folger call number: Y.c.1474 (1-9)
Folger holdings ID: 246829
Accession Number: vs cs nos
Folger call number: Y.c.1474 (1-9)
Folger holdings ID: 246829
Accession Number: vs cs nos
Summary
Correspondents: [William J. Birch], the Countess of Blessington, [William H. Dixon], [Margaret] Hodson [i.e., Holford], [Robert G. MacGregor] and another. Discusses Shakespeare, Bacon, Coleridge, and other writers. (1) September 5, 1848 to [William J.Birch]; in (2) July 12, 1834 to Countess Blessington he includes two poems, a fragment, and preliminary matter for A conference of Master Edmund Spenser...; (3) June 27, [1861?] to [William H. Dixon]; (4) June 12, 1829 to Mrs. [Margaret] Hodson; in (5) to [Robert Guthrie MacGregor] he reflects on Othello. Also, (6) a letter from Landor to an unidentified recipient, (7) a note on Chaucer, and two poems (8) on Shakespeare and (9) on Robert Browning
Notes
General notes
Items 1-5 and 8-9 are also individually cataloged Poems listed in the Folger card index of first lines: Beyond our shores, beyond the Appennines; Life, priest and poet say, [is] but a dream; O parent Earth! in thy retreat; There is delight in singing, tho' none hear
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letters signed and unsigned from Walter Savage Landor, England and Italy, to various people 1829-[1861?]
Subjects
Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
Birch, W. J. 1811-1863
Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
Macgregor, Robert Guthrie
Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Othello
Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
Holford, Miss 1778-1852
Related names
correspondent: Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
subject: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
subject: Birch, W. J. (William John), 1811-1863
subject: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
subject: Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
subject: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
subject: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
subject: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
subject: Macgregor, Robert Guthrie
subject: Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
subject: Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852
correspondent: Birch, W. J. (William John), 1811-1863
correspondent: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
correspondent: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
correspondent: Macgregor, Robert Guthrie
correspondent: Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852
subject: Bacon, Francis, 1561-1626
subject: Birch, W. J. (William John), 1811-1863
subject: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
subject: Browning, Robert, 1812-1889
subject: Chaucer, Geoffrey, -1400
subject: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
subject: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
subject: Macgregor, Robert Guthrie
subject: Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
subject: Spenser, Edmund, 1552?-1599
subject: Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852
correspondent: Birch, W. J. (William John), 1811-1863
correspondent: Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849
correspondent: Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879
correspondent: Macgregor, Robert Guthrie
correspondent: Holford, Miss (Margaret), 1778-1852