Found 54 collections related to Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822

The Shelleys of Castle Goring and of Michelgrove, in the county of Sussex, England. A collection of fifty-three manuscript legal documents relating both to close and more distant family members of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the English poet. Chiefly made up of large parchment indenture agreements, the collection documents: the leasing of land and homes (Wolborough Manor, Field Place, Castle Goring); marriage settlements; the granting of annuities; the 1791 settlement of the Shelley family estates; and a number of other transactions, dating as far back as the mid-sixteenth century. less

To Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist, and literary critic : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 Aug 1855 : (S'ANA 0049) : from Bute St. Old Brompton : begins, "We have missed you grievously on Wednesday evenings, and we laid the blame on the unsettled state of the weather ...". less

Harry Buxton Forman, English bibliographer and forger. He wrote a great deal of critical and bibliographic literary scholarship throughout his life, most notably on Shelley and Keats, all the while maintaining a career in the Post Office. In 1886 Forman met fellow bibliographer T. J. Wise through the Shelley Society, and the two began secretly printing counterfeit publications of works of famous authors, subsequently validating the authenticity of the books through their own bibliographic works. Their scheme remained largely undetected until nearly two decades after Forman's death, with the publication of John Carter and Graham Pollard's Enquiry into the Nature of Certain Nineteenth Century Pamphlets. The Harry Buxton Forman manuscript material in the Pforzheimer collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: the holograph text of his Memoir of Shelley, as published in the 1892 Aldine edition of Shelley's works ; papers relating to his "The Building of the Idylls," an essay on Tennyson ; and over a dozen essays and works of criticism on Shelley or Shelley-related publications. The correspondence is dated from between 1877 and 1913, and mostly discusses Shelley scholarship. Correspondents include: Paola Clairmont, niece of Claire Clairmont ; Mary Cowden Clarke, literary scholar and writer ; E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer ; and Thomas James Wise, book collector and forger. less

Richard Herne Shepherd, English bibliographer. · To John Ramsden Tutin, literary editor and bibliographer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Oct 1887 : (S'ANA 0932) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from The Bald-faced Stag, Kingston Vale, S.W. : begins, "Accept my best thanks for your courteous and pretty gift of The Shelley Birthday Book ...". less

Alma Murray, English actress. To Charles Wilmot, manager of the Grand Theatre, Islington : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Mar 1886 : (S'ANA 0467) : from London (printed Grand Theatre memorandum form) : on behalf of "The Shelley Dramatic Society"; body reads in full, "I, on behalf of the committee of the above Society, agree to take the Grand Theatre on Friday May 7th for a morning performance of 'Cenci.'" Docketed across the memo with Wilmot's signature, and annotated with notes in an unidentified hand about performance costs. less

To Henry S. King & Co., publishers : 3 documents : -- 1 memorandum of agreement signed : 11 Jun 1873 : (G'ANA 0033a) : 1¹/₄ p. (single sheet) : for payment to Paul for his Godwin biography. -- 1 receipt of payment signed : 12 Jun 1873 : (G'ANA 0033b) : 1 p. (single sheet) : for £100 for the Godwin biography. -- 1 receipe of payment signed : 14 May 1875 : (G'ANA 0033c) : 1 p. (single sheet) : for another £100 for the Godwin biography. less

Kineton Parkes, British art critic and librarian. Holograph essay, "Shelley's Faith: Its Development & Relativity" : [ca. 8 Feb 1888] : (S'ANA 0050) : from Summerfield Crescent, Edgbaston, Birmingham : 39 + [2] leaves (versos blank); begins, "The consideration of Shelley's faith naturally involves a review of the whole of Shelley's poetical and prose writing ..." With notes and signature of T. J. Wise, in red ink on the front cover leaf (including: "Read to the Shelley Society 8/2/88"). less

Frederick Gard Fleay, Shakespeare scholar. · Holograph essay signed, "On the received text of Shelley's poems" : 12 Sep 1894 : (S'ANA 0014) : 52 p., in brown cloth folding case. At the end is a note written by Fleay to the printer. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Shelley, P. B.) 03. less

Captain Edward Augustus Silsbee, American merchant seaman and Shelley devotee. · Holograph marginalia in his copy of The Poetical Works of Percy Bysshe Shelley (London: Moxon, 1870) : ca. 1870 : (S'ANA 0761) : penciled marginalia in two volumes given to Silsbee by Claire Clairmont, with her inscription on the verso of the frontispiece of volume 1; Silsbee's notes marked with paper slips. Shelved as *Pforz BT (Clairmont, C.) 01. less

· To Peggy and Flora Trevor, her nieces (daughters of her sister Mary) : 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Dec [between 1844 and 1827] : (S'ANA 0234) : 8 pages (2 double sheets) : [no place] : with thin mourning border; begins, "This a time of year that every one aught to hear of their friends even if they do not expect it ..." Printed (with some minor omissions) and discussed in Shelley and his Circle volume 2, p. 889-891. less

John Neate, English solicitor, with the London law firm Stileman & Neate. To H. Buxton Foreman, bibliographer and forger : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Jun 1876 : (S'ANA 0247c) : from 16, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Sq.re (printed Stileman & Neate stationery) : on "[t]he case of 'Shelley v. Westbrook' ..."; begins, "I received your note of 22d June ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Jun 1876 : (S'ANA 0247d) : from 16, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Sq.re (printed Stileman & Neate stationery) : begins, "I cannot make out what is meant by Shelley's 'Replication" - there is no such document filed by a defendant ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 30 Jun 1876 : (S'ANA 0247e) : from 16, Southampton Street, Bloomsbury Sq.re (printed Stileman & Neate stationery) : begins, "I have now seen all the proceedings in the suit 'Shelley v. Westbrooke' but I am afraid they will not interest you much ...". less

John Joseph Powell, British barrister. · To "My dear Moyer" : 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Feb 1877 : (S'ANA 0051a) : 6 pages (2 double sheets; 1 single sheet) : from 9, King's Bench Walk, Temple, E.C. : begins, "Touching the copyrights questions you sent to me some time ago I think the publisher has copyright in all the publications of Shelley which he has registered under the Talfourd Act ...". less

Clara Mary Jane Clairmont, commonly known as "Claire," step-sister of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and member of the Shelley circle. A writer of significant journals and letters, she spent many years as a governess, and was the mother of Allegra by George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron. The manuscript material by Claire Clairmont in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: two holograph journals kept during her travels with the Shelleys; holograph notes and essays prepared for E. J. Trelawny, relating to Shelley and Byron; and an effusive book inscription to Captain Edward Silsbee, the Shelley enthusiast. The bulk of the correspondence is from 1847-1856, and includes reflections on her experiences with Byron and the Shelleys, and various matters of family interest. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, English poet; Antonia Clairmont, her sister-in-law; Edward John Trelawny, the writer and adventurer; and over half a dozen others. less

Edward Bibbins Aveling, English Marxist campaigner and companion of Eleanor Marx. To Sydney E. Preston, Shelley Society secretary : 1 autograph post card signed : [2?] Apr 1886 : (S'ANA 0219j) : identifying an issue of Modern Thought containing an article on Shelley, thanking him "for admissions last night." From the files of H. Buxton Forman. less

To Lady Blessington, writer and literary hostess : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 29 Dec 1837 : (MISC 0994) : thanking her for Christmas presents, with family news and flattery on her work in Gems of Beauty. -- 16 Jun 1840 (MISC 3535) : sending his poem "The Usher" [no longer enclosed] for publication in one of her journals. less

Augustus M. Moore, a younger brother of the writer George Moore. Two manuscript attestations for skull fragments of Percy Bysshe Shelley : 11 Aug 1879 : (S'ANA 0269a-b) : nearly identical in text; (S'ANA 0269a) reads in full, "A piece of Shelley's scull / given me by Miss / Taylor, E. J. Trelawny's / niece, at 7 Pelham / Crescent London, London on / August 9th 1879 & given / by me to my friend / Wilfrid Meynell on August / 11th 1879 as the greatest / token of our friendship. / Augustus M. Moore / 28 Clarge's St / London." See record for Fragments of the skull of Percy Bysshe Shelley. less

Two manuscript stories, within the Three Eastern Tales manuscript volume : ca. 1880 : in the hand of Mary Cowden Clarke. - "Gentleness is Power, or the Story of Carauza and Aborzuf" : (S'ANA 0178) : 53 leaves. - "The Story of the little Princess Narina and her silver-featherd shoes" : (S'ANA 0179) : 50 leaves. - In contemporary Italian vellum binding with gilt lettering. Shelved as *Pforz A-LU 09. The third tale, "Mamillius's Story" (S'ANA 0180) is by Mary Cowden Clarke. less

Sir Percy Florence Shelley, third Baronet, son of Percy Bysshe Shelley, the poet, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the novelist. The Percy Florence Shelley manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include two holograph poems, "Giovanni at Putney" and "Song of Venus to the Ground Shark." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1862 and 1886. Correspondents include: Claire Clairmont, of the Shelley circle (his mother's step-sister); Leigh Hunt, poet, journalist and critic; Sir Timothy Shelley, second baronet (his grandfather); T. J. Wise, book collector and forger; and over a dozen others. less

Henry James Slack, English solicitor. · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Aug 1888 : (S'ANA 0118a) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : regarding his collection of P. B. Shelley letters to Elizabeth Hitchener (now in the British Library) : begins, "I have no intention of parting with the Shelley letters ..." -- · To T. J. Wise, book collector and forger : 6 items : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118b) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "Thank you for your offer. If at any time I should be disposed to part with the letters I will let you know ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118c) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a reason why I do not wish to part with the letters at present ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1888 : (S'ANA 0118d) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "There is a person still living whose wish, if such existed, I should feel bound to respect ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 10 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118e) : 3 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "I am extremely obliged to you for the handsome present of Shelley literature ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 23 Oct 1888 : (S'ANA 0118f) : 2 pages (double sheet) : from Ashdown Cottage, Forest Row, Sussex (embossed stationery) : begins, "You are too generous in giving me so many interesting things ...". less

· Holograph translations of poems by Percy Bysshe Shelley : [ca. 1870's?] : (S'ANA 0989) : 27 leaves, in ink; 17 poems, including: "An den Mond" ("To the Moon"); "Lied" ("Song"); "Ozymandias"; "Stanzen, In trüber stunde bei Neapel" ("Stanzas Written in Dejection near Naples"); "In den Euganeen" ("Written among the Euganean Hills"); "An eine Lerche" ("To a Skylark"); "Arethusa"; "Das Eiland" ("The Isle"); "Die Flüchtlinge" ("The Fugitives"); "Elegie" ("When the lamp is shattered"); "Klage" ("Remembrance"); "An die Freude" ("Rarely, rarely comest thou"); "An die Nacht" ("To Night"); "Vergänglichkeit" ("Mutability"); "Die Zeit" ("Time"); "An Jane -- Erinnerung" ("To Jane -- The Recollection"); and "An der Bai von Lerici" ("Lines Written in the Bay of Lerici"). less

Louis Napoleon Parker, British musician and playwright. Autograph score, "Ginevra" : 1 Apr 1893 : (S'ANA 0472) : [no place] : 15 p. (8 leaves); composed to lyrics by Percy Bysshe Shelley; dedicated to Alma Murray. Within brown paper covers, the interiors of which carry two mounted programs for Alma Murray performances (Queen's Gate Hall, 25 Apr 1893; Steinway Hall, 6 Jul 1886). Filed in the SC oversize drawer. less

William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...". less

To H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger : 1 autograph letter signed : 26 May 1880 : (S'ANA 0247o) : [no place] : begins, "P[aula] C[lairmont] would not take the 30£ & so gave me the papers and the ahses. Ellis is to come in a day of two ..."; docketed in Forman's hand. -- Along with an autograph letter, in Italian, to Newman from "G. Cini" (S'ANA 0247f), mentioning a consultation with Paola Clairmont on a price for Shelley letters. "G. Cini" is perhaps Giorgio Cini, grandson of Lady Mount Cashell. less

Leigh Hunt, English poet, journalist, and literary critic. The Leigh Hunt manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: a holograph draft of his poem, "Jenny Kiss'd Me"; a holograph fragment of his preface to Shelley's Mask of Anarchy; and his address book circa the mid-1850s. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1817 and 1826 and discusses his experiences in Italy, including the death of Shelley; family matters; and publishing business. Correspondents include: the Irish poet William Allingham; the philosopher and reformer Jeremy Bentham; the writer and painter William Hazlitt; the writers Percy Bysshe and Mary Shelley; and over seventy others. less

Stopford Augustus Brooke, British preacher and writer. His sermons reflected his liberal Christianity and social commitment. Brooke was also a lecturer and a literary critic. His English Literature (1876) is a primer which covers the work of literary figures from Caedmon to Shelley. Holograph address, "Inaugural address to the Shelley Society" : 10 Mar 1886 : (S'ANA 0009) : begins, "It has been asked, 'Why have a Shelley Society?'"; the address was privately printed in 1886 by T. J. Wise. Laid in is a note from T. J. Wise (S'ANA 0154). less

Joseph Severn, English painter. · To Charles Armitage Brown, writer : 6 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 19 Sep 1821 : (S'ANA 0058) : 4 pages (double sheet made folio size by pasting two sheets together) : from Rome : begins, "I have got both your letters - the last 21 Aug.t came 19th instant ..."; including, "Why my dear Brown, what sad affair is this? I know not what to say in it - except this - that you are the only one to write Keats's memoir ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 26 Oct 1822 : (S'ANA 0059) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "Owing to my journey - and other unsettling [Bores?] - I have only just got your letter ..."; including, "I am just about putting up the grave stone to our Keats ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 21 Jan 1823 : (S'ANA 0060) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "I have just returned from the funeral of poor Shelley ..." -- 1 autograph letter signed : 27 Sep 1824 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₃ pages (double sheet) : from Lavinia : begins, "West is a hollow 'impfiddle' with never a string to his bow ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1836 : (S'ANA 0062) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, "'Tis plain that the further we get apart, the nearer we draw together ..."; crosswritten on page 1. -- 1 autograph letter [signed] : 21 Aug 1838 : (S'ANA 0061) : 3 ¹/₄ pages (double sheet) : from 19 Brook St. : begins, "Such a lot of things, but above all the love of 'filthy luck' for I am beginning my 5th peiture here - have prevented me writing to you as I wanted ..."; signature cut away, causing near-complete loss of postscript on p. 4. less

Robert Browning, English Victorian poet and playwright. The Robert Browning manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of his writings and correspondence. The writings include one holograph verse play (Colombe's Birthday), some autograph corrections of printed proof sheets (La Saisiaz and Jocoseria), and one holograph sonnet, "Tutti ga I so gusti e mi go I mii." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1876 and 1887 and discusses both his professional and personal life, and his Shelley related interests. Correspondents include: Sarah Anne FitzGerald, learned lady ; H. Buxton Forman, bibliographer and forger ; Ellen Heaton, art collector and philanthropist ; George Barnett Smith, author and journalist ; and over forty others. less