Accession number:
PML 48176
Published:
[S.l. : Privately printed, ca. 1800]
Description:
[1], 19 p. ; 30 cm
Credit:
Purchased in 1956.
Notes:
Letter from Francis Thompson concerning authenticity.
The privately printed first ed.
ESTC dates this private publication as 1798? The poem was written when the duchess was travelling in Switzerland during her exile (Nov. 3--Sept. 18,1793). A parody of it was published in the Dec. 24, 1799 issue of The Morning Chronicle.
Binding:
Blue morocco, gilt, with oval in upper cover that formerly contained an ivory portrait of the duchess.
Provenance:
From the Chatsworth collection.
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