Lines by the Right Honourable George Canning when a young man, and left by him on the table of a young lady on the morning of her marriage; she, having a few days before, presented him with a piece of plush to make him a pair of shooting breeches : manuscript poem, undated.

BIB_ID

304730

Accession number

MA 2919.13

Creator

Canning, George, 1770-1827.

Display Date

undated.

Credit line

Purchased, 1977.

Description

1 item (2 p.) ; 24.1 cm

Notes

Part of a collection of manuscripts, letters, and printed ephemera related to Jane Porter. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.

Provenance

Sir Thomas Phillipps (Phillipps MS 14629); purchased on the Fellows Fund, 1977.

Summary

A fair copy of the poem in an unknown hand.

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Department

Literary and Historical Manuscripts