Poets, English
Artist unknown :[Porcelain bust of Robert Southey] From the [bronze?] by [John] Hancock...
Date: 1848 - 1860
By: Hancock, John, -1869; Kinsey, Joseph James (Sir), 1852-1936
Reference: Curios-028-051
Description: Head and shoulders of English poet Robert Southey, copied from bust displayed at the Royal Academy, London, in 1848, by sculptor John Hancock, entitled: The poet in solitude. "He lived, he died, he sang in solitude, etc." Other Titles - Hancock, John d 1869 :The poet in solitude. "He lived, he died, he sang in solitude, etc." Inscriptions: Back area of figure: maker's incision (illegible) and "From the [illegible - possibly bronze?] by Hancock" then a number in parentheses - 796? Quantity: 1 curio(s). Physical Description: Parian ware 178 x 140 x 80 mm
Domett, Alfred 1811-1887 : Copy of letter from Alfred Domett, London, to A S Atkinson
Date: 26 Nov 1872
By: Domett, Alfred (Hon), 1811-1887
Reference: qMS-0615
Description: Typescript of a lengthy letter from Domett in London to Atkinson in Nelson. Describes the London autumn and winter, the houses and general impression of the city. Also records his conversations and impressions of Robert Browning and his house, as well as other literary figures. Discusses his literary aspirations. Quantity: 1 volume(s) (15 leaves). Physical Description: Typescript (34 cm; green cloth)
At St Servan - Southey's Lisbon acquaintances
Date: 2006
From: McDonnell, Hilda Mary, active 1944-2022 :Research papers
Reference: MS-Papers-8744
Description: Historical article on the wife of John Alexander Wilson of the Church Missionary Society, Anne Catherine Wilson (nee Hawker), and her family connections with the poet Robert Southey, and with Portugal. With references and a bibliography. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Typescript
Westall, Richard 1765-1836 :[Milton dictating "Paradise Lost" to his daughters] / drawn...
Date: 1800 - 1836
By: Westall, Richard, 1765-1836
Reference: C-046-004
Description: Shows the poet John Milton seated at the left, gazing aloft and with his left hand raised to the level of his face. Two women, one seated on the ground at his feat, and one standing at the right, hold quill pens and books in which to write down the poem "Paradise lost". Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Aquatint, hand-coloured, 660 x 535 mm.
Extract from Great adventure by Richard Halliburton
Date: 1941
From: Mackrell, Brent, fl 2012 : Papers relating to military history
Reference: MS-Papers-11253-21
Description: An account by Hallibuton of visiting the grave of the English poet, Rupert Brooke Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Tennyson, James :Photograph of the poet, Robert Browning
Date: 1888
By: Tennyson, James Alfred, 1913-2001
Reference: PAColl-6103
Description: Woodburytype portrait of the poet, Robert Browning Inscriptions: Mat recto - beneath image - The writer of much verse, as he now appears - the affectionate friend and well wisher of Eleanor and Augustine Birrell, as he will ever be - Robert Browning. July 15 1888. (In Browning's own hand). Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s). Provenance: James Tennyson's father, Alfred Browning Stanley Tennyson, was a god-child of the poet Robert Browning, and a step son of Augustine Birrell to whom this portrait was sent. Birrell was a Liberal MP in England at the turn of the century, and a noted bibliophile of the Victorian era.
Papers re Skelton publications
Date: [ca 1934-1941]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-12
Description: Includes research notes re John Skelton; Gordon's booklet entitled Skelton's `Philip Sparrow' and the Roman service-book; and a list of additions and emendations and correspondence re publication of Gordon's John Skelton, poet laureate Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Death of Lord Tennyson
Date: 1926
From: Hutchinson, Frank E, fl 1926 : A forest survey of Canterbury and other papers
Reference: AI-74-105
Description: In-depth article on the death of Tennyson (Standard, 7 Oct 1892) Quantity: 1 folder(s).
Papers re John Galt
Date: [ca 1800-1980]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-15
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Artist unknown :Alfred Tennyson, the Poet Laureate. [ca 1867]
Date: 1867
From: Pope, James Henry 1837-1913 :Scrap book [1860s]
Reference: E-043-q-116
Description: Portrait of Alfred Lord Tennyson, shown seated with an eye glass hanging from the front of his suit jacket. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Title Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s) stuck to page of scrapbook.. Physical Description: Wood engraving (hand coloured), stuck to page 275 x 215 mm
Hilton, William, the younger 1786-1839 :John Clare. [Lithograph after Scriven's engravi...
Date: 1821 - 1893
By: Hilton, William, the younger, 1786-1839; Scriven, Edward, 1775-1841
Reference: A-015-058
Description: Shows head and shoulders three quarter portrait of English poet John Clare See Dr Greg Crossan's article, "Another version of the Scriven engraving", in "John Clare Society journal", no. 11 (July 1992), page 28, which discusses this particular engraving. Lithograph by unknown artist after 1821? engraving by Edward Scriven of painting by [William?, the younger?] Hilton. Made no later than 1893, in which year it appeared in Peterborough Clare Centenary Exhibition. Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - [Title] Quantity: 1 b&w art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, 150 x 94 mm. Provenance: In 1893, owned by Mr W. D. Crick, who lent it for the Peterborough Clare Centenary Exhibition in that year. Transfers: Transferred from MS-Papers-3111, in 1991..
John Skelton and the early Renaissance - A biographical and critical study (Thesis)
Date: [ca 1934-1941]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-13
Description: Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
John Skelton, poet laureate
Date: [ca 1939]
From: Gordon, Ian Alistair, 1908-2004: Papers
Reference: MS-Papers-6984-14
Description: Publication - Published as: John Skelton, poet laureate. Victoria: Melbourne Univeristy Press, ca 1941. Quantity: 1 folder(s). 0.03 Linear Metres.
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor 1772-1834 : Papers
Date: 1796, 1837, 1916-1921, [1953?]
By: Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, 1772-1834
Reference: MS-Papers-1646
Description: Emended draft of Effusion XV, variant of sonnet in Poems on various subjects..., published by J Cottle, 1796. J Tattersall's letters and notes concerning his proof copy with holograph corrections formerly owned by Mrs Mary Wordsworth. Prof. I A Gordon's note. Letter from Cottle to R Smith accompanying gift of his Early recollections... 1837 Other Titles - Poems on various subjects Quantity: 1 folder(s) (8 pieces). 0.01 Linear Metres. Physical Description: Mss and printed matter Processing information: Removed from volumes in Rare English collection
London Stereoscopic Comapny (London) fl 1800s :Portrait of Alfred, Baron 1809-1892
Date: 1860 - 1892
By: London Stereoscopic Photographic Company
Reference: PA2-2075
Description: Inscriptions: Verso - In pencil: Tennyson Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).
Brown, Charles Armitage, 1787-1842 :[Portrait of Keats]. - [1819?]
Date: 1819
By: Brown, Charles Armitage, 1786-1842
Reference: A-098-003
Description: Shows profile head and shoulders portrait of the English poet John Keats, his right hand supporting his head. Artist positively identified by Eric McCormick (see also ATL Annual report, 1923) Brown is buried at New Plymouth. He was a friend of Keats' and may have brought the original of this portrait with him to New Zealand Quantity: 1 b&w photo-mechanical print(s). Physical Description: Electrotype, black & white, 194 x 137 mm on sheet 300 x 200 mm
George Kirchner & Co (New York) fl 1860s-1882 :Portrait of Henry Wordsworth Longfellow ...
Date: 1860 - 1882
By: George Kirchner & Company
Reference: PA3-0130
Description: Inscriptions: Verso - Henry Wordsworth Longfellow; Recto - beneath image - Longfellow; Recto - Bruckmann's Collection Quantity: 1 b&w original photographic print(s).