Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
Single Item
MS. Eng. poet. c. 24
Held at the Weston Library
Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine', with (fol. 6) part of a corrected draft; printed in Poems and ballads (London, 1866), 77-84.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1866
Extent
7 Leaves
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
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Shelfmark:
MS. Eng. poet. c. 24
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 17744
Abstract
Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
Biographical / Historical
Algernon Charles Swinburne (1837-1909) was a poet.
Other Finding Aids
Custodial History
Given by Swinburne to John Ruskin; given by Ruskin to Sara Anderson, 1886; note by Sir Sydney Cockerell on provenance (fol. iv).
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given in memory of Sara Anderson by A. W. Anderson, 1943.
Physical Facet
Bound by Douglas Cockerell & Son in gilt-tooled white pigskin, 1927
Topical
Subject
- Title
- Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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