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This album contains images, clippings, and ephemera chiefly documenting Lawrence's post-war years in Dorset, England, from the early 1920s to his death in 1935. Items primarily consist of 1960s postcards and photographs depicting the local Dorset landscape and individuals and buildings related to Lawrence, though there are some photographs (primarily reproductions) of Lawrence and friends. There are also photographs, ephemera, and correspondence, including some received and collected by Thomas Beaumont, chronicling Lawrence's funeral and subsequent memorials. Notably the album includes a 1923 snapshot of Lawrence as a private in the Royal Tank Corps, given by Eric Kennington to Wing/Commander Sims; a brief May 1935 telegram from Lawrence to Beaumont; a printed thank you note from Lawrence's mother, Sarah Lawrence, to Beaumont, dated July 1935; and a brief letter from Sarah Lawrence to Beaumont, dated July 13, 1935. Album has greenish-blue covers; with Theodora Duncan bookplate containing handwritten note, "Post-War Years."
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In illustrissimum, ac serenissimum, Jacobum II. Regem Magnae Britaniae, Franciae, & Hiberniae, &c. cum publice coronam regalem indueret, carmen epiphōnētikon = A panegyrick poem on the coronation of the illustrious and serene, James II. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &c
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ESTC R18659 ; Signed at end: Peter Ker, i.e. Patrick Ker ; Verse - "Nunc populi paeana canant, pariterq[ue] triumphent," ; The word "epiphōnētikon" in the title is in Greek characters ; Latin and English in parallel columns. The English text has title: A panegyrick poem on the coronation of the illustrious and serene, James II. King of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, &c ; Imprint from Wing
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