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Harriet Lickfold commonplace book, 1838-1864.
Kislak Center for Special Collections - Manuscripts Ms. Coll. 834
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- Format:
- Other
- Author/Creator:
- Lickfold, Harriet.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English poetry--19th century.
- English poetry.
- Genre:
- Commonplace books.
- Drawings (visual works)
- Poems.
- Manuscripts, English.
- Penn Provenance:
- Sold by Alastor Rare Books (Lymington, England), cat. 19 (2011), no. 44.
- Physical Description:
- 1 volume
- Place of Publication:
- 1838-1864.
- Summary:
- Several hands appear in the tooled, leather-bound volume, which is probably from Surrey, England (Alastor). The commonplace book contains copied poems, prose, cut-out printed illustrations, and drawings, ranging in date from 1838 to 1846. Drawings are chiefly landscapes in pencil with several signed "J. R." There are three butterfly drawings in colored-pencil, signed "J. R." and dated 1838. Most poems are initialed and dated; some are unattributed; and a few poems are attributed to Lord Byron and H. Robinson. Some pages have embossed filigreed borders with poems or drawings inside. End paper signed "Harriet Lickfold, December 10, 1864."
- OCLC:
- 746160955
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