Anna Seward: Sonnet

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 23981E, f. 79.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls006604690
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1799
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 1 f.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Autograph manuscript, dated 11 September 1799 (watermark 1794), of Anna Seward's 'Sonnet for the drawer in the thatched shed by the brook at Plas Newydd'. It was published, with a very few minor alterations, in The Poetical Works of Anna Seward, ed. by Walter Scott, 3 vols (Edinburgh, 1810), III, 314.
Seward stayed with Lady Eleanor Butler and Miss Sarah Ponsonby, The Ladies of Llangollen, at their Plas Newydd home for four days in September 1799 (see Letters of Anna Seward: Written between the years 1784 and 1807, ed. by A. Constable, 6 vols (Edinburgh, 1811), V, 248-53).

Acquisition Information

Bonhams (auction of Roy Davids Collection, Part III); London; Purchased at auction, lot 424; 8 May 2013; 006604690.

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 23981E, f. 79.

Custodial History

The manuscript was previously owned by Edward Spencer.

Additional Information

Published