On the Death of Edmund Waller Esq : autograph manuscript of a poem signed : [place not specified], to [Abigail Waller] [1687].

Record ID: 
130592
Accession number: 
MA 4395
Author: 
Behn, Aphra, 1640-1689.
Credit: 
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, 1981.
Description: 
1 item (4 pages) ; 22.2 x 16.5 cm
Notes: 

This poem was previously accessioned as MS 3585 and the letter in which it was enclosed (MA 4394) was previously accessioned as MA 3584.
This poem was enclosed in a letter of condolence from Aphra Behn to Abigail Waller, daughter-in-law of the English poet Edmund Waller who died on October 21, 1867.

Summary: 

Being a elegy of sixty-three lines in memory of Edmund Waller.

Provenance: 
Purchased at Sotheby's London, July 20-21, 1981, lot 441 as the gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon in memory of John D. Barrett.