Record ID:
403724
Accession number:
MA 2012.3
Credit:
Purchased from Sir Ifor Evans, 1959.
Description:
1 item (2 pages) ; 22.9 x 18.5 cm
Notes:
Title from Selincourt.
Addressed to Lady Beaumont.
Original paper seal with wax; embossed blindstamp.
Watermark: none.
Part of the collection of William Wordsworth letters and poems; see collection-level record for more information.
Summary:
Draft of "On the sight of a manse in the south of Scotland", with "Two sonnets will be added below from their bearing upon the present state of things" above the poem. With a draft of "Lowther: the mansion of the Earl of Lonsdale" on page 2 and concluding with "Mr. W. desires me to say that these sonnets are [?] written & have not been published."
Provenance:
Purchased from Sir Ifor Evans, 1959.
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