Research Catalog

Title

Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, [pre-1824]

Author

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.

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Details

Found In

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

Description

1 item

Subjects

• Sculptors > Great Britain > 19th century > Correspondence
• Authors, English > 19th century > Correspondence
• Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828 > Correspondence

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole was often her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a long friendship. Other friends included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death.

Call Number

Pforz MS

OCLC

173491762

Author

Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828.

Title

Anne Seymour Damer manuscript material : 1 item, [pre-1824]

Summary

· To "Dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : [pre-1824] : (MISC 2018) : begins, "I just mention in case you had any thoughts of meeting me there ..." ; with portrait dated 1823. Mounted in the William Upcott album of letters by Eminent Women. Shelved under "Upcott" with bound manuscripts.

Restricted Access

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

Biography

Anne Seymour Damer, English sculptor and author. In her youth, Horace Walpole was often her guardian while her parents were abroad. Through Walpole Damer met the poet Mary Berry, with whom she would share a long friendship. Other friends included Joanna Baillie and Sarah Siddons. According to her wishes, her private papers were destroyed upon her death.

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Found In:

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

Research Call Number

Pforz MS