Manuscripts

De Montfort : a tragedy

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Description: Handwritten copy of a revision of Joanna Baillie's play "De Montfort," by Thomas Campbell, with extensive annotations of notes and corrections in the hand of Sarah Siddons. Laid in the front is a proof portrait of Siddons by S. Arlent Edwards, signed by the artist in pencil.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1802 March 29.
Call number: mssHM 32693
Creator: Campbell, Thomas (1777-1844)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from George S. Hellman sale, lot 88, November 1919.
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De Monfort

Manuscripts

From Joanna Baillie's 'De Montfort'. In which De Montfor and Revenvelt are engaged in a fierce rivalry that results in Revenvelt's eventual murder.

mssLA 1287

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Thomas Campbell notebook on the English stage and "Life of Mrs. Siddons"

Manuscripts

Volume is also referred to as "Notes on the English Stage" and "Original manuscript notebook of Thomas Campbell, the poet, for his "Life of Mrs. Siddons." Includes separated housing.

mssHM 33780

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Guide to Salzburg and environs. Reserved for visitors at the Hôtel de l'Europe

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Kirkpatrick reference: 2261 Description: [2], 88, [12] p., [3] leaves of plates (2 folded): illustrations, maps Imprint: Salzburg Ownership notes: Autograph: R.F. Burton. Occasional ms. annotations by Burton. Insertions: Article titled "Einladung zur Theilnahme an der II. Versammlung österreichischer Anthropologen und Urgeschichtsforscher ...", with ms. annotations by Burton, laid in. Clipping of article titled "Oesterreichischer Anthropologen-Tag in Salzburg", dated 14 Aug. 1881, laid in.

635664

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Sarah Siddons letter to Rev. Mr. Dennison and engravings

Manuscripts

Volume containing an undated two-page letter to Rev. Mr. Dennison of Norwich, England, circa 1788, sent by Siddons' following her return to her Gower Street residence in London. The letter is preceded by eight engraved portraits of Siddons and followed by a typescript transcript of the letter and biographical sketch of Siddons. The portraits consist of "Mrs. Siddons. After the Picture by Sir Joshua Reynolds," engraved by W. Holl; Mrs. Siddons from a drawing by Downman; "Mrs. Siddons as the Tragic Muse," by Joshua Reynolds, engraved by John Bromley, and published by Moon, Boys & Graves, July 2, 1832; "Mrs. Siddons as Euphrasia ... The Grecian Daughter," by DeWilde and Conde, printed for J. Bell, 1792; "Mrs. Siddons as Jane Shore," by Hamilton and Leney, published by J. Bell, 1791; "Mrs. Siddons as Lady MacBeth," engraved by J. Rogers, published by G. Virtue, 1825; and "Mrs. Siddons as Medea" engraved by Thornthwaite.

mssHM 24038

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Caroline Corry commonplace book

Manuscripts

A Victorian era commonplace book containing poems, drawings, and locks of hair. The original poems include an acrostic of Caroline Corry's name and "Lines for an Album," "Friendship," and "Memory," as well as many unattributed pieces; the volume also includes several attributed pieces including poems by Joanna Baillie, Geoge Gordon, Lord Byron, and Reginald Heber. The volume is illustrated with a pen and ink drawing of a man, a pencil drawing of a dog's head, and several pasted-in engravings of various people and scenes. The volume also contains one page with 28 locks of hair stitched onto the page; each lock of hair is labeled with a name, and, in some cases, a date, of Corry's family and friends. The volume is bound in contemporary quarter red roan with faded blue-gray sides, with some damage to the spine and one loose page laid into the volume.

mssHM 84412

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Author's proof for the terminal essay for Arabian nights

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Corrected proof of the terminal essay written by Sir Richard Burton for the 10-volume Kamashastra Society edition of his translation of Arabian Nights. Includes marginalia, handwritten notes and typed corrections laid in throughout. Corrections written on pages in ink and pencil in various colors.

635771

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