Found 116 collections related to Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824

William Bell Scott, Scottish poet and painter. · Holograph "Introductory Memoir" to his edition of The Poetical Works of John Keats : [ca. 1873] : (S'ANA 0055) : 23 pages (23 single sheets) : [no place] : written chiefly on rectos, with notes and additions on a few of the versos; begins, "There is no one of the poets who lived at the beginning of this century, -- the greatest era of lyrical and narrative poetry in England, as the Elizabethan age was of dramatic -- of whom we still find it so difficult to speak without bias or prejudice, for or against, as Keats ...". less

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 plan in respect to the number of songs for my intended publication; and having now determined it shall contain original poetry only (which will render it more valuable to the subscribers) may I request you will favor me with two more little elegant pieces, of the length, and in the style of 'The fair Saracen' 'O I will yield my heart to thee'? . . . ." Also including: "Last week Lord Byron favored me with three [of] the most elegant pieces of poetry . . . I am waiting with much anxiety for the fulfilment of Mr. Walter Scott's promise . . . .". less

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 that in a 14 day period, Lord Byron has only received two issues of Galignani's periodical. less

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 of Columbus"); a holograph testimonial, "Sacred to the Memory of xxxxxx"; and a holograph fair copy of his poem on Earl Grey, "Written in July, 1834." The bulk of the correspondence is dated between 1820 and 1850. Correspondents include: Lord Byron, poet; Mary Shelley, novelist; Robert Southey, poet; William Wordsworth, poet; and over seventy others. less

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 Sales to send a note on the table's provenance, so he "may be enabled to identify it, as having been the property of Lord Byron.". less

George Lansing Raymond, American educator and philosopher. · To James Wilson Bright, philologist and professor : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1898 : (B'ANA 0540) : 2 pages (single sheet) : from 1821 Jefferson Place, Washington, D.C. : begins, "At the suggestion -- made some months ago, as I must confess -- of one of our Princeton professors, I venture to write ..."; asking if it would be possible at the next Modern Language Association meeting "to find a place ... for a paper upon the revival of interest in Byron. The paper ... contrasts the visibly representative effects of the older poetry with the audibly representative effects ... in the poetry of Tennyson ...". less

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 -- the business of the play concluded, / For once be candid -- have we been deluded?" With a note at the foot of page 2: "For the Wheel of Fortune, acted in Mr. Leacroft's dining room in Sep? 1806.". less

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, "There as [sic] only been Mr. Ward looking at Newstead for Mr. Wilson sience [sic] I came down ..."; concluding with "a list of the wines in the Cellor [sic] ..."; with Rushton's "RR" black wax seal. less

Nine lines, copied in the hand of Sir John Claridge, which were omitted from the publication of Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, Cantos I-II. Copy date uncertain; paper bears a watermark date of 1832. Below is a note of attestation in the hand of John Adolphus (signed "J. A."), which explains that the lines were given by Byron to Claridge, who copied them for Adolphus. On the subject of William Beckford, the lines read in full: "Unhappy Vathek! in an evil hour / 'Gainst Nature's voice seduced to deeds accurst, / Once fortune's minion -- now thou feel'st her power -- / Wrath's vial on thy lofty head hath burst: / In wit -- in talent, or in wealth the first / How wondrous bright thy blooming morn arose / But thou wast smitten with the unhallowed thirst / Of crime unnamed, and thy sad hour must close / In scorn and solitude wrought, the worst of woes." With some textual differences from the version of these lines present in Byron's first fair copy, now in the Murray Archive (see McGann's edition of Byron's complete poetical works, volume 2, page 18n). less

Emma Fagnani, American wife of Italian portrait painter Joseph Fagnani (1819-1873). Emma's memoir of her husband, The Art Life of a XIXth Century Painter, contains many reminiscences of Teresa Guiccioli. · To Teresa Guiccioli, Lord Byron's "last attachment" : 2 autograph letters signed : -- 20 Aug 1869 : (B'ANA 0452) : from New York : in French; begins, "L'article que je vous envoie par le même courier ..." -- 30 Sep 1869 : (B'ANA 0453) : from New York : in French; begins, "Je viens de recevoir votre dernière bonne lettre ..." Both letters relate to the Byron/Beecher-Stowe controversy. less

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 death. The copy is in a contemporary, possibly English hand, and on the verso is written, "copy letter from venetian sert. who was with Ld. Byron in Greece when he died." Along with a contemporary manuscript translation signed M. E. L., and a clipping of literary scholar Richard Edgcumbe's notice of Falcieri in the Times (4 Jan 1875). less

George Finlay, English philhellene and historian. He traveled to Greece in the 1820's to help in the struggle for Greek independence. There he befriended Lord Byron, with whom enjoyed long literary conversations before Byron's death in 1824. · To "My dear Sir" : 1 autograph letter signed : 12 Dec 1861 : (B'ANA 0635) : thanking his correspondent for sending him a book which will assist him in writing his History of Greece. With a comment on the pollution in Greece and the "filthy condition" of Athens. less

Richard Garnett, English librarian and author; spent his career at the British Museum, becoming Keeper of Printed Books in 1890. Garnett wrote and edited several works on Shelley, including Relics of Shelley (1862). · Corrections on printed proofs, "Shelley, Harriet Shelley, and Mr. T. L. Peacock" : [post-6 Mar 1862] : (S'ANA 0693) : substantial manuscript emendations on printer's proofs for his contribution to Relics of Shelley. The published text, with a few minor exceptions, follows the revisions. less

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 voulu appeller avec mon nom -- mais qu'il appella le Bolivar de peur de me Comprometre.". less

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. A summary, endorsed by the London auctioneers Laxton Nicholls, value the items at a total of £145.8.0. Written lengthwise on conjugate notebook leaves, one double leaf torn in two, with an additional single notebook leaf title page. Within mustard cloth clamshell case with green morocco cover label, gilt. less

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 collaborated with other important magazines, such as the Revue des Deux Mondes, the Magazin Pittoresque, the Musee de Familles and the Revue de Paris. La Ruche, the first journal dedicated to teaching by correspondence, was edited and published by Swanton-Belloc and her lifelong friend and collaborator, Adelaide Montgolfier. She was the French paternal grandmother of English writers Hilaire Belloc and Marie Belloc Lowndes. · To Samuel W. Reynolds, painter and printmaker : 1 autograph letter signed : 22 Jul 1824 : (B'ANA 0060) : saying that she has received his Byron engraving after the portrait by Thomas Phillips, and asks if she may use it in her soon-to-be-published essay on Byron in French. Lord Byron, par Mme. Louise Sw.-Belloc, was published in Paris in 1824 by Renouard. less

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 [?J.D.] in the lower right corner; mounted on an excised album sheet, with four hand-colored etchings mounted on the verso, cut out from a copy of William Heath's Studies From the Stage. less

Manuscript fogery, in an unknown hand, of a letter from Lord Byron to James Perry, editor of the Morning Chronicle. Undated; watermark of "BASTED MILL / 1819." Creation date of forgery undetermined, but the letter was listed in the Walter M. Mill catalog of November 1899. Reads in full: "My dear Sir, I think Mr. Lambert is right. Some inconvenience might certainly arise from any other mode than that now proposed by me; but there can be none in making the expenses a joint concern; and to this I cheerfully agree. With best wishes for your health happiness, believe me to remain, my dear Sir, most sincerely yours, N. Byron.". less

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 0692) : 4 pages (double sheet) : from Palerma : in French; begins, "Je ne doute pas que vous ayez reçu la lettre que je vous ecrivis de Gibraltar ..." Mounted on the second leaf following page 58 in volume I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron. less

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, "Thank you for your kind remembrance invitation for the 17th . . . ." Glued to an autograph letter in the hand of Frances Trollope (MISC 4056), both manuscripts clearly having been removed from an autograph album. Filed under "Trollope.". less

Leslie Alexis Marchand (1900-1999), a leading authority on Lord Byron, was born and grew up in central Washington state, graduating from the University of Washington in 1922. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1940, and spent most of his academic career at Rutgers University. His most noteworthy publications are his three-volume Byron: a Biography (1957), and a twelve-volume edition of Byron's personal writings, Byron's Letters and Journals (1973-1982). This collection consists of a typescript memoir, various correspondence, working papers, and Byron-related memorabilia. less

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 Claire Claremont, Allegra, was brought to the convent in January 1821; she died there in April 1822, at age five. To Antonio Lega Zambelli, Lord Byron's steward and secretary : 1 autograph letter signed : 9 Nov 1821 : (B'ANA 0387) : from Bagnacavallo : in Italian; reporting on the health of Byron's child, Allegra, praising her character, and saying that she enquires after her father and her uncle [meaning Shelley]; asking Lega Zambelli to convey all to Byron. less

Rev. Hon. Richard Byron, Rector in Haughton le Skerne, County Durham, England. He was the great-uncle to Lord Byron, the poet. To James Sykes, navy agent : 1 autograph letter signed : 28 Nov 1790 : (B'ANA 0613) : enclosing a letter to his son which he requests Sykes will forward [enclosed letter not present]. In 1801, Richard Byron's son (also Richard, later to become Rear-Admiral) married Sarah, the daughter of James Sykes. less

Roden Berkeley Wriothesley Noel, English poet and essayist. To Mrs. Sherwin : 1 autograph letter signed : 3 Feb 1870 : (B'ANA 0659) : from 10 Neville St. S.W. : begins, "I do not know whether you have read the article in the last Quarterly Review on the Byron scandal ...". less

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Viennese-born sculptor in Britain. He was among the most popular, prolific, and successful sculptors of late nineteenth-century England. Among his many works, he is known for sculpting the head of Queen Victoria on coinage, and the statue of the Duke of Wellington at Hyde Park Corner. To E. J. Trelawny, writer and adventurer : 1 autograph letter signed : 20 Sep 1876 : (B'ANA 0213) : mentioning his work on a Byron statue. less

Autograph marriage certificate, signed "Wentworth" : 30 Dec 1880 : (B'ANA 0657) : printed document (printed and sold by Thomas Scott, 1, Warwick Court, Holborn) filled out in ink; certifying his marriage to Mary Caroline Stuart Wortley, performed by Stephen W. Lawley at the Parish Church in the Parish of St. Anne, Westminster, Middlesex. With a list of those present (including Jane C. Lovelace; [Lord] Wharncliffe; George Hamilton; L[ionel] King Noel; W. H. Pollen; Robert Browning; Edward J. Poynter; J[ohn] H[ungerford] Pollen; A. J. Ross, D.D.; Archibald Stuart Wortley); and the signature the parish rector, Nugent Wade. Confer Pforz MS (MISC 0772), a Robert Browning letter, for a reference to the wedding. less

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 opposite p. 75 in v. I of the grangerized copy of Nichol's Byron. less