Found 4 collections related to Ainsworth, William Harrison, 1805-1882

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

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;" only the former was published during Smith's lifetime. 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." less

Thomas Medwin, English writer and biographer. The Thomas Medwin manuscript material in the Pforzheimer Collection consists of writings and correspondence. The writings include a holograph essay, "Gossip on Smoking in General, Smokers in particular"; autograph emendations for a next edition in a copy of his Life of Percy Bysshe Shelley; and several poems, including translations from Catullus. The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1821 and 1847. Correspondents include Richard Bentley, the printer and publisher; Ferdinand Freiligrath, the German poet and translator; Charles Ollier, the publisher, writer and editor; Jane Williams of the Shelley circle; and over a dozen others. less