BIB_ID
104056
Accession number
MA 8016
Creator
Henley, William Ernest, 1849-1903.
Display Date
[1875].
Credit line
Purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Description
1 item (10 p.), bound ; 26.2 cm
Notes
Date and location of writing inferred from docket and typed title-page.
Docketed on the verso of p. 10 with a note: "Mr. W. E. Henley / Surgical Ward / ... / Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh."
Housed with the corrected proofs (MA 8021).
Including a typed title-page : "MSS. of Poems in the "Cornhill Magazine" by W.E. Henley / Hospital Outlines: Sketches and Portraits, July 1875 / Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London, S.W."
Docketed on the verso of p. 10 with a note: "Mr. W. E. Henley / Surgical Ward / ... / Royal Infirmary, Edinburgh."
Housed with the corrected proofs (MA 8021).
Including a typed title-page : "MSS. of Poems in the "Cornhill Magazine" by W.E. Henley / Hospital Outlines: Sketches and Portraits, July 1875 / Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place, London, S.W."
Provenance
Mrs. Reginald J. Smith; sold by her at the Christie's Red Cross Sale, April 22, 1918 (Lot 2072) to Sir Robert Hudson; purchased as the gift of Edwin J. Beinecke, 1955.
Summary
A fair copy of eighteen poems, used as printer's copy for "Cornhill Magazine," July 1875, but varying substantially from the texts published. Including: Sketches: I. First Impressions; II. Waiting; III. The Ward; IV. The Visit; V. Before Operation; VI. After Operation; VII. Night Picture; VIII. Another; IX. Ennui; Portraits: I. Staff-Nurse: Old Style; II. Lady-Probationer; III. Staff-Nurse: New Style; IV. A Scrubber; V. Another; VI. A Patient; VII. Another; VIII. A Visitor; IX. Children; Private Ward. Sketches IX and Portraits: III, V, VII, and VIII are unpublished.
Housed in
Blue cloth drop-spine box (28.5 cm)
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