Research Catalog

Title

Julia Powys commonplace book, ca. 1819-1820.

Author

Powys, Julia.

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Details

Found In

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

Description

1 volume (139 total leaves, many blank) : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

Half green morocco album of manuscript verse, some apparently original, most copied from contemporary sources (including Amelia Opie and Lord Byron), in a few different hands; including an anonymous poem, "To a Young Lady on Her Expressing a Wish that Lord Byron Would Write Some Lines on the Much Lamented Princess Charlotte." Also included are six watercolors (a spinster at the piano; roses; "King Charles' window, Carisbrooke"; flowers; a cartoon with manuscript text, signed "CLP"; a sleeping dog); four ink drawings (a series of a lady and gentleman dancing; a bird, laid in; "Map of Matrimony," signed "CLP"; a man in study); one inserted scrap of manuscript music ("Russian Dances") and one engraved map of France. On the front cover is a green morocco label lettered in gilt: "ALBUM / JULIA POWYS / 1819."

Genre/Form

• Commonplace books.
• Watercolors (paintings)
• Drawings (visual works)
• Cartoons (humorous images)

Access (note)

• Restricted access;

Biography (note)

• Julia Powys and "CLP" could not be identified.

Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Powys, J.)

OCLC

857860807

Author

Powys, Julia.

Title

Julia Powys commonplace book, ca. 1819-1820.

Biography

Julia Powys and "CLP" could not be identified.

Local Note

Pforzheimer Manuscript (B'ANA 0461); shelved with bound manuscript volumes.

Access

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

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Found In:

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

Research Call Number

Pforz BND-MSS (Powys, J.)