Title

Walter Savage Landor collection of papers, 1778-1929 bulk (1808-[1864]).

Author

Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864.

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Finding Aid

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Additional Authors

• Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.
• Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.
• Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927.
• Conyngham, Ellen, Countess of.
• Cyples, William, 1831-1882.
• Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.
• Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884.
• Landor, Charles Savage.
• Landor, Elizabeth Savage.
• Landor, Henry Eyres.
• Landor, Robert Eyres, 1781-1869.
• Landor, Walter.
• Moore, George, 1852-1933.
• Rosenhagen, Anthony.
• Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.
• Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.
• Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.
• Walker, Arthur de Noé.

Description

241 items.

Subject

• Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864

Biography (note)

• Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator.

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

Provenance (note)

• This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources. Previous owners include William Harris Arnold, Robert Browning, Rashleigh E. H. Duke, Emanuel Hertz, W. T. H. Howe, Richard Robert Madden, and John Quinn.

Processing Action (note)

• Cataloged

Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Landor

Author

Landor, Walter Savage, 1775-1864.

Title

Walter Savage Landor collection of papers, 1778-1929 bulk (1808-[1864]).

Summary

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts and correspondence. The manuscripts include holographs of poems, essays, riddles, and "imaginary conversations," as well as manuscripts of essays and poems about the author by Richard Henry Horne, Edmund Clarence Stedman, and Algernon Charles Swinburne. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from [1795] to [1864], to Lady Marguerite Blessington, Robert Browning, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Landor, Henry Eyres Landor, Anthony Rosenhagen, Arthur de Noe Walker, and others. There are also letters relating to the author, dating from 1778 to 1929, between various correspondents including Sir Sidney Colvin, Countess Ellen Conyngham, Elizabeth Landor, Henry Eyres Landor, Robert Eyres Landor, Walter Landor, George Moore, Robert Southey, and others. There are letters to Landor from Robert Browning, William Cyples, Charles Dickens, Robert Southey, and members of the Landor family including Charles Savage, Elizabeth, Henry Eyres, and Julia Elizabeth, dating from 1815 to 1858.

Biography

Walter Savage Landor was an English poet, playwright, novelist, and translator.

Indexes

Inventory list and card catalog available in repository.

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Finding Aid

Added Author

Blessington, Marguerite, Countess of, 1789-1849.

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889.

Colvin, Sidney, 1845-1927.

Conyngham, Ellen, Countess of.

Cyples, William, 1831-1882.

Dickens, Charles, 1812-1870.

Horne, R. H. (Richard H.), 1802-1884.

Landor, Charles Savage.

Landor, Elizabeth Savage.

Landor, Henry Eyres.

Landor, Robert Eyres, 1781-1869.

Landor, Walter.

Moore, George, 1852-1933.

Rosenhagen, Anthony.

Southey, Robert, 1774-1843.

Stedman, Edmund Clarence, 1833-1908.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909.

Walker, Arthur de Noé.

Arnold, William Harris, 1854-1923. Former owner

Browning, Robert, 1812-1889. Former owner

Duke, Rashleigh Edward Hungerford, 1855- Former owner

Hertz, Emanuel, 1870-1940. Former owner

Howe, W. T. H. (William Thomas Hildrup) Former owner

Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886. Former owner

Quinn, John, 1870-1924. Former owner

Research Call Number

Berg Coll MSS Landor