Joseph Severn manuscript material

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{"value"=>"Severn, Joseph, 1793-1879", "type"=>"persname"}

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{"value"=>"Joseph Severn manuscript material"}

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{"value"=>"<p>· 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.</p><p>To George Jones, army officer and painter : 1 autograph note signed : 25 Jul 1846 : (S'ANA 0262) : 1 page (single sheet) : from 21 James St. Buckingham Pal : body reads in full, \"Please to deliver my two pictures to the bearer Mr. Fitzgerald.\".</p><p>· To Sabilla Novello, singer and teacher of singing : 1 autograph letter signed : 16 May 1873 : (S'ANA 0955) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Rome : begins, \"I crave pardon for my very tardy note caused by my changing house ...\".</p>"}

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1821

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1873

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1821

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8 items

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{"value"=>"Joseph Severn manuscript material : 8 items, Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library"}

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{"value"=>"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.", "generated"=>true}

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1821

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1873

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