BIB_ID
129365
Accession number
MA 8917.1-64
Creator
Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861.
Display Date
1810-1864.
Credit line
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Description
64 items (195 pages) ; various sizes + 9 envelopes
Notes
In the more personal letters and manuscripts in this collection, Elizabeth Barrett Browning signs herself as "Ba", her family nickname. Nicknames are used for many of the other Moulton-Barrett family members as well; these are identified and explained in each record.
The Morgan acquired several collections of material related to the Brownings in the early 1960s; see MA 2147.1-45, MA 2148.1-94, and MA 3449.1-68 for these collections. The materials in MA 2148.1-94, MA 3449.1-68, and MA 8917.1-64 had previously been owned by Lt.-Col. Harry Peyton Moulton-Barrett, and they were sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1937. The Morgan acquired the materials from the University of Illinois in 1961.
Additional information about the provenance of the collection is available in the Collection File.
The Morgan acquired several collections of material related to the Brownings in the early 1960s; see MA 2147.1-45, MA 2148.1-94, and MA 3449.1-68 for these collections. The materials in MA 2148.1-94, MA 3449.1-68, and MA 8917.1-64 had previously been owned by Lt.-Col. Harry Peyton Moulton-Barrett, and they were sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1937. The Morgan acquired the materials from the University of Illinois in 1961.
Additional information about the provenance of the collection is available in the Collection File.
Provenance
Acquired from the University of Illinois, 1961.
Summary
A collection of 64 autograph letters and manuscripts by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Robert Browning, and numerous other family members and associates, written between 1810 and 1864, from Ledbury, London, New York, Florence and other locations in Italy, France, the United States and Great Britain: consisting of letters to and from family members (including Elizabeth Barrett Browning's grandmother, Elizabeth Moulton, and her favorite uncle, Samuel Moulton-Barrett), friends and literary figures (among them Hugh Stuart Boyd, the classicist, and Cornelius Mathews, who helped bring EBB's work to American audiences); letters from Elizabeth Barrett Browning's doctors describing her illness; early poems by EBB; and the "odes" written by members of the Moulton-Barrett family for each other on their birthdays. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see related records for more information.
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