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- Creator
- Smith, Horace, 1779-1849
- Call number
- Pforz Ms; Pforz MS
- Physical description
- 85 items
- Preferred Citation
- Horace Smith manuscript material, 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.
Horace Smith, English writer and humorist. The Horace Smith manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings, correspondence, and artwork. The writings include two holograph poems: "Music" and "Stanzas for the Bazaar held at Brighton for completing the Victoria Fountain on the Steyne." The bulk of the correspondence is dated 1829-1849. Correspondents include: Thomas Campbell, the poet; Thomas Hood, the poet and humorist; John Murray, the publisher; Robert Southey, the poet; and over thirty others. The artwork consists of one undated watercolor pastoral landscape, titled, "Mill at Lewes.".
Key terms
Names
- Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882 (addressee)
- Balmanno, Robert, 1780-1861 (addressee)
- Barton, Bernard, 1784-1849 (addressee)
- Bennett, W. C. (William Cox), 1820-1895 (addressee)
- Bentley, Samuel, 1785-1868 (addressee)
- Busk, Hans, 1772-1862 (addressee)
- Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844 (addressee)
- Colburn, Henry, -1855 (addressee)
- Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857 (addressee)
- Crumpe, Miss (addressee)
- Field, Barron, 1786-1846 (addressee)
- Gaspey, Thomas, 1788-1871 (addressee)
- Gompertz, Adelaide, 1784-1870 (addressee)
- Hall, S. C. (Samuel Carter), 1800-1889 (addressee)
- Haydon, Benjamin Robert, 1786-1846 (addressee)
- Hill, Thomas, 1760-1840 (addressee)
- Holcroft, Thomas, 1803-1852 (addressee)
- Hood, Thomas, 1799-1845 (addressee)
- Hook, Theodore Edward, 1788-1841 (addressee)
- Jeffrey, Francis Jeffrey, Lord, 1773-1850 (addressee)
- Kingston, John, -1839 (addressee)
- Marshall, William (Publisher) (addressee)
- Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869 (addressee)
- Murray, John, 1778-1843 (addressee)
- Ollier, Charles, 1788-1859 (addressee)
- Porter, Jane, 1776-1850 (addressee)
- Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870 (addressee)
- Scott, William, Baron Stowell, 1745-1836 (addressee)
- Smith, Charles Britiffe, 1797-1889 (addressee)
- Smith, Horace, 1779-1849 -- Correspondence.
- Smith, James, ǂd 1775-1839 (addressee)
- Southey, Robert, 1774-1843 (addressee)
- Twiss, Horace, 1787-1849 (addressee)
- P. & D. Colnaghi & Co (addressee)
- Taylor and Hessey (addressee)
Subjects
- Authors, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence
- English poetry -- 19th century -- Manuscripts -- Specimens
- Humorists, English -- 19th century -- Correspondence
Material types
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