BIB_ID
131712
Accession number
MA 451.2
Creator
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832.
Display Date
[1822].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1901.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 24.8 cm
Notes
"This imitation of an old Jacobite ditty was written on the appearance, in the Firth of Forth, of the fleet which conveyed his Majesty King George the Fourth to Scotland, in August 1822, and was published as a broadside."--Cf. Complete Works, p. 632 n.
Part of a collection containing three poems including The Bridal of Triermain and two autograph articles. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Preceded by a note reading "Carle now the King's come / 1822" on Abbotsford stationery.
Part of a collection containing three poems including The Bridal of Triermain and two autograph articles. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Preceded by a note reading "Carle now the King's come / 1822" on Abbotsford stationery.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from A.L. Isaacs in 1901.
Summary
Containing the first part of the poem only (Stanzas I-XVI), with autograph corrections throughout.
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