BIB_ID
412132
Accession number
MA 9562
Creator
Elliston, R. W. (Robert William), 1774-1831.
Display Date
undated.
Credit line
Purchased, 1891.
Description
1 item (1 page) ; 23.3 x 18.9 cm
Notes
The poem is not signed, but based on the provenance, the subject matter and the handwriting, it appears to have been written by R. W. Elliston. References in the poem suggest that it was written later in Elliston's career, after his departure from Bath and his subsequent success in London.
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Removed from an extra-illustrated volume from the series Dramatic Memoirs (PML 9505-9528).
Provenance
Purchased from Henry Sotheran & Co., London, 1891.
Summary
Being a poem of 30 lines on the author's return to "bright Bathonia," the scene of his early theatrical career.
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