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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 300
Title
MS poem attributed to Henry Savile entitled 'Advice to a Painter to Draw the Duke of Yorke'; 1673
Date
1673
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 117 lines.
Poem more commonly attributed to Henry Savile (1642-1687) (see Index, ELM, II, part 2 p 25).
The advice is dated 1673 and Beal dates this copy to the late 17th century (Index, II, MaA 463).
Title Of Work
Advice to a Painter to Draw the Duke of Yorke
First Line of Poem
Spread a large Canvas Painter to Containe
Last Line of Poem
Till that stroke's struck which they cannot repreive
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pot, large, surmounted by quatrefoil and fleur de lis, containing letters FRC, approx. 117 x 52 mm
Italic
Watermark
Pot
Related Material
Index, ELM II, MaA 463
Crum, Index, S 1099
University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 40/77
For other MS concordances see Index, ELM, II, MaA 434-62 & MaA 464-75
Publication Note
Advice to a Painted to draw the Duke by (London 1679)
A Collection of Poems on Affairs of State (London, 1689) ??
Poems on Affairs of State, vol I (1963), pp 213-19
Publication states that it is 'by A-M-L Esq.'
Click the links below to view related name indexes
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA11021
Savile; Henry (c.1642-1687); Mr; M.P. Newark 1677 1665; elected 1673 but election declared void 1677
c.1642-1687
NA1121
Marvell; Andrew (1621-1678); poet
1621-1678
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