4:1. #265 Philip Bourke Marston / Letter from A.C. Swinburne., 05/15/1884., bulk: 1884 - 1884

File — Box: 4, Folder: 1

Dates

05/15/1884.
Majority of material found in 1884 - 1884

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Extent

From the Series: 0.25 Linear Feet (Items relating to Philip Bourke Marston: autograph letters and manuscript by Marston; and research notes by John Mayfield.)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Container Summary

Autograph letter signed from Algernon Charles Swinburne to Philip Bourke Marston (dated May 15, 1884, 2 pages). Reference to signing a fan owned by Helen Zimmern, to arranging a visit from Bourke, and to receiving a letter from the poet Sir Henry Taylor (1800-1886), "who writes letters of seven pages full of interest & charm, at the age of eighty-four - which I call setting 'us youth'...an excellent example." Includes autograph notes by John Mayfield.