- Creator
- Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879
- Call number
- Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 63 items
- Preferred Citation
- Claire Clairmont manuscript material : 63 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
- Access to materials
- Restricted access. Request access to this collection.
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.
Key terms
Names
- Clairmont, Claire, 1798-1879
- Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824
- Cini, Bartolomeo (Recipient)
- Cini, Tommaso (Recipient)
- Clairmont, Antonia Ghi(s)lain d'Hembyze, 1800-1868 (Recipient)
- Clairmont, Paola, 1825-1891 (Recipient)
- Clairmont, Wilhelm Charles Gaulis, 1831-1895 (Recipient)
- Farina, Margherita Cini (Recipient)
- French, Charlotte Emma Bennet, b. 1814 (Recipient)
- Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851
- Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
- Silsbee, Edward Augustus, 1826-1900 (Recipient)
- Taylor, Emma, Miss (Recipient)
- Trelawny, Edward John, 1792-1881 (Recipient)
Titles
Using the collection
Location
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His CircleStephen A. Schwarzman Building
Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street, New York, NY 10018-2788
Third Floor, Room 319