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The May Queen : a poem by Alfred Tennyson : illustrated manuscript / illustrated by T.B.G.S. Dalziel, 1855.

Accession number
PML 146780
Creator
Dalziel, Thomas Bolton Gilchrist Septimus, 1823-1906.
Credit line
Bequest of Gordon N. Ray, 1987.
Notes
Manuscript of Alfred Tennyson's poem "The may queen", written out by Thomas Dalziel in a calligraphic hand and heavily illustrated throughout with 81 original pen and ink drawings by him.
Text and drawings rendered by Dalziel in black, brown, red, and purple ink, with some minor details touched with color; signed "TBGS Dalziel" on the final leaf.
Although Dalziel may have intended his calligraphic text and illustrations for publication, neither evidently appeared in print during his lifetime.
Description
1 item (48 leaves) : ill. ; 38.8 cm
Provenance
From the library of Gordon N. Ray.
Binding
Contemporary purple morocco.
Classification
Department