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Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | *Pforz 558L 20
1 volume (27 manuscript pages), 24 cm; 1 volume (27 manuscript pages), 24 cm
Fair-copy bound holograph manuscript of Gaetano Polidori, including an Italian translation of Byron's Lament of Tasso, an original Italian poem, and a dedication to Frederick North, fifth Earl of Guilford.
Segati, Marianna
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Marianna Segati, Lord Byron's first mistress in Venice; she was the wife of Byron's landlord, Pietro Segati, a draper. · To Lord Byron, poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : 5 Dec 1816 : (B'ANA 0237) : 1 page (double sheet) : [no... more
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
15 items
To John Allen, political and historical writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 14 Jul 1816 (B'ANA 0319), on Paris, Switzerland, Lord Byron and Madame de Stael : "Lord Byron lives on the other side of the lake, shunned by all - both English and... more
Hunt, Henry Leigh
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
6 items
Henry Leigh Hunt, English publisher. He was the son of John Hunt, the radical printer and publisher, and the nephew Leigh Hunt, the poet, journalist and critic. · To Augustus Applegath, printer in London : 2 letters : -- 1 autograph letter... more
Magnarotto, Andrea
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
To Lord Byron, poet : 1 letter signed : 29 Sep 1818 : (B'ANA 0242) : from Venice : in Italian; body of the letter in a scribal hand; regarding his wife's brazen and immoral nature; imploring Byron to spare himself trouble by keeping his distance... more
Silvestrini, Fanny, -1824
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
8 items
Francesca "Fanny" Silvestrini, confidante of Byron's mistress, Teresa Guiccioli; mother of the children of Byron's steward, Lega Zambelli. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 8 letters in Italian : -- 1 autograph letter... more
Staël, Madame de (Anne-Louise-Germaine), 1766-1817
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
5 items
Anne-Louise-Germaine de Staël, née Necker, Baroness Staël von Holstein, French-Swiss writer and salon leader. · To Ludovico di Breme, Italian writer : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Sep 1816 : (B'ANA 0777) : 1 page (double... more
Teotochi Albrizzi, Isabella, 1760-1836
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
3 items
Contessa Isabella Teotochi Albrizzi, the Italian writer; Byron once acclaimed her "la Stael veneziana.". · To Elizabeth K. Ingram : 3 autograph letters signed, in French -- 14 Jul 1819 : (B'ANA 0320) : on friends and acquaintences they have... more
Querini Benzon, Marina, 1757-1839
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Countess Marina Querini Benzon, née Chiara, Venetian hostess. · To Lord Byron, poet : 3 letters : -- 1 autograph letter signed : "sabato" [?after 3 Apr 1819] : (B'ANA 0369) : ¹/₄ page (single sheet) : [no place] : in Italian; begins, "ella scrive... more
Clarke-Whitfeld, John, 1770-1836
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
John Clarke-Whitfeld, English organist and composer. · To [?John Stewart, physician and poet] : 1 autograph letter signed : 7 Jan 1816 : (B'ANA 0203) : 1 ¹/₂ pages (single sheet) : from Cam[bridge] : begins, "Having altered my... more
Lega Zambelli, Antonio, 1770?-1867
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
3 items
Antonio Lega Zambelli, Lord Byron's steward and secretary. · To Mr. Galignani, bookseller and publisher : 1 autograph letter signed : 18 Jan 1821 : (B'ANA 0780) : ¹/₂ page (single sheet) : from Ravenna : in Italian; complaining... more
Rogers, Samuel, 1763-1855
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
177 items
Samuel Rogers, English poet. The Samuel Rogers manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include: holograph fair copy poetical extracts (from "Jacqueline," "Human Life" and "The Voyage... more
Raffles, Thomas, 1788-1863
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Thomas Raffles, English Congregational minister. · To Joseph Sales, surgeon, of Sutton, Ashfield : 1 autograph letter signed : 15 Mar 1831 : (B'ANA 0586) : 1 page (single sheet) : from Liverpool : begins, "The table has arrived safely ..."; asking... more
Pigot, Elizabeth Bridget, 1783-1866
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Elizabeth Bridget Pigot, friend and correspondent of Lord Byron. · Transcript, "The Epilogue Spoken by Ld. Byron -- written by the Rev.d J. T. Becher" : [after Oct 1806] : (B'ANA 0490) : 2 pages (single sheet) : [no place] : begins, "Well Friends... more
Rushton, Robert, 1793-1833
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Robert Rushton, Lord Byron's English servant. · To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 13 Jul 1815 : (B'ANA 0649) : 1 page (double sheet) : from Newstead Abbey : giving news of prospective buyers who have looked over Newstead; begins,... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
5 items
Francis Merryweather was an English shopkeeper in Venice from whom Lord Byron had bought a number of goods, mostly alcoholic beverages and condiments. Toward the end of 1817, Merryweather was fined by Italian authorities for voilating import laws;... more
Falcieri, Giovanni Battista, 1798-1874
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
Giovanni Battista "Tita" Falcieri, Italian-born servant of Lord Byron. He was later Isaac D'Israeli's butler, then chief messenger at the India Office. · To his parents : 1 letter (transcript) : 19 Mar 1824 : (B'ANA 0629) : announcing Byron's... more
Roberts, Daniel, 1789-1869
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 drawing
Scale drawing of Byron's boat, eventually named The Bolivar, here with "Countess Gamba, Guiccioli" written on the mainsail. Along with a later note in Teresa Guiccioli's hand (TG 0226), explaining: "Le dessin du Schooner de Lord Byron qu'il avait... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
16 manuscript pages (9 total leaves)
A manuscript inventory of the possessions of Lord Byron at the time of his death in Greece on 19 April 1824; in an unidentified hand. Includes dressing and medicine chests, linens, jewelry, plates, and Byron's final travelling assembly of books.... more
Swanton-Belloc, Louise, 1796-1881
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
Louise Swanton-Belloc, French translator and essayist. Among the many English authors she translated into French was her friend, Maria Edgeworth. Swanton-Belloc was on the editorial board of the famous Revue Encyclopedique for twelve years and... more
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 page (single sheet)
Manuscript fair copy, in an unidentified hand, of the twenty-seven line poem [first?] published in the Morning Post [London] on 20 April 1816; begins, "The Daughter of a Royal Line / Shall weep for hearts perverse as thine ..."; here signed... more
Spencer Smith, Constance, 1785-1829
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
1 item
Constance Spencer Smith, wife of British diplomat and politician John Spencer Smith. Lord Byron fell in love with her in Malta in 1809 and wrote several poems about her. · To "Mon cher frere" : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Sep 1810 : (B'ANA... more
Jameson, Mrs. (Anna), 1794-1860
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
4 items
Anna Brownell Jameson, née Murphy, British writer and art historian. · To Mary Gaskell, wife of Daniel Gaskell, MP for Wakefield : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 May 1836 : (MISC 4057) : 2 pages (double sheet) : [no place] : begins,... more
Jarvis, George, -1828
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz Ms
2 items
George Jarvis, American philhellene and participant in the Greek Revolution. He served as Adjutant General and head of fortifications for Byron's brigade.
Cogni, Margherita
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
2 items
Margherita Cogni, "La Fornarina," a Venetian baker's wife with whom Lord Byron had an affair from ca. August 1817 to sometime in 1819. In an 1819 letter to John Murray, Byron details an incident in which Cogni, in a violent fit, cut his thumb with... more
Fabbri, Marianna, suor, d. 1849
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Sister Marianna delle Vergine Addolorata (known in the world as Caterina Fabbri), Italian nun. She founded the Capuchin Convent in Bagnacavallo, Ravenna, which served as a fashionable school for girls of noble families. Lord Byron's daughter by... more
Disraeli, Isaac, 1766-1848
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
5 items
To Lord Byron, poet : 1 autograph letter signed : 1 Feb 1814 : (B'ANA 0694) : thanking him for a copy of The Corsair; with high praise, including, "You have, my Lord, opened your heart to moral beauty, striking on its finest chord." Mounted... more
Chambers, Henry, b. 1737 or 1738
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Henry Chambers, an 86 year old man from Holywell, Flintshire, "embittered by the reflection of better days," who had apparently received alms from Lord Byron and Augusta Leigh. To Augusta Leigh, half-sister of Lord Byron : 1 autograph letter... more
Drury, Henry, 1778-1841
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
1 item
Henry Drury, English classical scholar. He was an assistant master at Harrow School, where he was the tutor of a young Lord Byron, who in adulthood became a friendly correspondent. To John Leycester Adolphus, barrister and writer : 1 autograph... more
Dunn, Henry, 1776-1867
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle | Pforz MS
Henry Dunn, Maltese shopkeeper in Leghorn (Livorno), Tuscanny, Italy. According to tradition, Lord Byron was in Dunn's shop when he heard of Shelley's death (cf. Prothero edition of Byron's Letters and Journals, v. VI, p. 69n). To Lord Byron, poet... more
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