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‘The Property of the Countess of Iddesleigh', 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 12/85

Scope and Contents

Printed sheet describing lot 473 of an auction held on 10 April 1962, being the autograph manuscript of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s lyric ‘I arise from dreams of thee’ (which was ‘presented about 1856 by the poet’s son and daughter-in-law Sir Percy and Lady Shelley to the present owner’s grandmother, Bessie Rayner Parkes’) and letters from Lady Shelley and Sir Percy.

Dates

  • Creation: 1962

Creator

Extent

1 item(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Ana Vicente 2013.

Originator(s)

Unknown

Finding aid date

2014-05-20 17:07:28+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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