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Date
ca. 1879
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
1 leaf
Language
English
Size
30 x 21 cm
Genre
Literary
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 229244
Folger call number: Y.d.987
Folger holdings ID: 261489
Accession Number: cs823
Folger call number: Y.d.987
Folger holdings ID: 261489
Accession Number: cs823
Summary
A couplet by Swinburne, giving his opinion of the New Shakspere Society. Annotation in pencil identifies two principal players in the society: "Halliwell-Phillips = Blockhead and Furnivall = Blackguard."
Notes
General notes
First line: Born of a blockhead's brain & blackguard's breath Estimated date based on dealer description Purchased from Maggs, 1919 (Cat. 378, no. 1462)
Also known as
Extended title: Epitaph of a society ca. 1879
Alternate titles: Born of a blockhead's brain & blackguard's breath
Alternate titles: Born of a blockhead's brain & blackguard's breath
Subjects
Related names
author: Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909
subject: New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)
subject: Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
subject: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889
subject: New Shakspere Society (Great Britain)
subject: Furnivall, Frederick James, 1825-1910
subject: Halliwell-Phillipps, J. O. (James Orchard), 1820-1889