Album : [England], [ca. 1833-1838].

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Album : [England], [ca. 1833-1838].

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Album containing manuscript poems, an essay, pencil sketches, watercolors, silhouettes, etc. With contributions by Leigh Hunt, John Forster, Charles Lamb, Barry Cornwall, and Bryan Waller Proctor. Many contributions unsigned or initialled only. Twenty-nine pages of pictures, 19 pages of writing.

1 v. ([100] leaves) : ill. ; 24 cm.

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 8018265

Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

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Lamb, Charles, 1775-1834

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Charles Lamb was born to John and Elizabeth (Field) Lamb in London on February 10, 1775. Two of his siblings survived to adulthood, John (1763-1821) and Mary Ann (1764-1847). Charles Lamb studied at Christ's Hospital but left the school at the age of fifteen due to his chronic stammering. He began working as a secretary and later entered the mercantile trade, joining the East India Company as a clerk in the accounting department in 1792. Mental illness ran in the Lamb family, and C...

Forster, John, 1812-1876

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John Forster was born and raised in Newcastle by Unitarian parents, and educated at Cambridge and London's Inner Temple. He became an important literary critic and editor, and wrote numerous books of his own, notably several biographies. Forster's greatest contribution may have been as literary adviser and advocate for some of the key authors of his day, including Tennyson, Browning, Dickens, and Carlyle. His support, advice, and promotion of authors and writing helped define Victorian taste. Fo...

Locke, Sarah.

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Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859

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English essayist and poet. From the description of [Letters] / Leigh Hunt. [1848-1856] (Smith College). WorldCat record id: 234302986 From the description of Criticism on female beauty : notes, ca. 1824. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122510755 Leigh Hunt moved from Chelsea to Kensington in 1840. From the description of Leigh Hunt, letter : Kensington, England : Autograph note signed, [1840?] Nov. 22. (University of California, Berkeley). WorldCat record...