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Additional authors

1. Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873

Found in

1. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Description

1. 7 items

Summary

1. · Forgery : "Percy Bysshe Shelley" to William Godwin : 13 Nov 1816 [actual date unknown] : (S'ANA 0227). Mounted in the purple Whitall-Clawson album of Shelleyana. Shelved as *Pforz 558L 20.
2. · Forgery : "Lord Byron" to John Hay : 1 Sep 1822 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0355). Bound in red folder and shelved as *Pforz 558R 06.
3. · Forgery : "Lord Byron" to Thomas Moore : 2 Mar 1820 [actual date unknown] : (B'ANA 0631) : making extensive reference to Godwin, and commenting extensively on literary glory and immortality.
4. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's Italian mistress : 4 autograph letters signed -- 12 Jul 1869 : (B'ANA 0449) : from Paris : begins, "I cannot but more or less acknowledge the truth of the strictures ..."; with the envelope. -- : 26 Aug 1869 : (B'ANA 0317) : from Paris : begins, "I thank you with all my heart for the contents of the envelope..."; with the envelope. Along with printed and manuscript extracts about Byron. -- 28 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0450) : from Paris : begins, "On my return yesterday from Holland & Belgium ..." With a small mounted clipping from a newspaper of an ad for a "Portrait of Lord Byron" published by Sarony & Co., New York. -- 23 Oct 1869 : (B'ANA 0451) : from Paris : begins, "Life, at the best, is but a succession of troubles to overcome ..."; with the envelope. Along with some manuscript notes and newspaper clippings. All of Major Byron's letters to Guiccioli relate to Lord Byron's legacy, including the recent Beecher-Stowe scandal. A cartoon on the controversy over Lady Byron Vindicated, "A Voice from the Mighty Dead," from the Will-o'-the-Wisp, Saturday, 25 Sep 1869, has been removed to the flat files.

Subject

1. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
2. Stowe, Harriet Beecher, 1811-1896
3. Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822 > Forgeries > Manuscripts > Specimens
4. Forgers > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
5. Godwin, William, 1756-1836
6. Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 > Forgeries > Manuscripts > Specimens
7. Poets, English > 19th century > Correspondence > Forgeries > Manuscripts > Specimens

Call number

1. Pforz MS

Access (note)

1. Restricted access;

Biography (note)

1. Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.

Author

1. Byron, George Gordon de Luna, approximately 1810-1882.

Title

1. Major Byron manuscript material : 7 items, ca. mid-to-late 19th century

Restricted access

1. Restricted access; Pforzheimer Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Biography

1. Major George Gordon de Luna Byron, alias de Gibler, Spanish-born forger of British Romantic literary manuscripts. He claimed to be -- but was unable to prove that he was -- the illegitimate son of Lord Byron.

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1. Request Access to the Pforzheimer Collection

Added author

1. Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873, addressee.

Found in:

1. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: Manuscripts, 1772-1925

Research call number

1. Pforz MS