Scope and Contents
Praed's Seatonian Prize poem for 1830, written in his hand on four bifolia and sewn into a cover-sheet. There are textual variations from the published version of the poem.
Dates
- Creation: c. 1830
Creator
Extent
0.003 cubic metre(s) (1 folder) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Custodial History
The manuscript bears the vendor's inventory number '93844' on the front cover. Losely inserted is a typed note (early twentieth century) reading: 'Manuscript of W. M. Praed's poem ELIJAH Awarded Seatonian Prize, 1830. Presented by Sir George Young, Bart.'
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased, 2022.
Bibliography
Published, with textual variations, as 'The ascent of Elijah: a poem, to which was adjudged one of the Seatonian prizes for the year 1830', by Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Cambridge: printed by J. Smith, for J. and J. J. Deighton, 1831.
Topical
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository
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Cambridge University Library
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Cambridge CB3 9DR United Kingdom
Map Dept enquiries: maps@lib.cam.ac.uk
all other enquiries: mss@lib.cam.ac.uk