Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
MS. Eng. poet. c. 24
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
Shelfmark
MS. Eng. poet. c. 24
Summary
Fair copy by A. C. Swinburne of 'Hymn to Proserpine'
Date
c. 1866
Language
English
Physical facet
Bound by Douglas Cockerell & Son in gilt-tooled white pigskin, 1927
Physical extent
7 Leaves
Custodial history
Given by Swinburne to John Ruskin; given by Ruskin to Sara Anderson, 1886; note by Sir Sydney Cockerell on provenance (fol. iv).
Acquisition
Given in memory of Sara Anderson by A. W. Anderson, 1943.
Subject
19th century
Poets
Literature
Poetry
