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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 344
Title
MS poem, entitled 'A Short History of Am- Ph-s', by Alexander Pope; n.d.
Extent
2 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 26 lines. Note to l 13 explains: 'He requested by publick Advertisements the aid of the Ingenious to make up a Miscellany for Mr Jacob Tonson which should have been publish'd by himself in the year 1715'.
First published as 'Macer: A Character'.
The poem refers to the poet Ambrose Philips.
Title Of Work
A Short History of Am[brose] Ph[illip]s
First Line of Poem
When Am[brose] Ph[illip]s, now of high renown
Last Line of Poem
To bawd for others, and go shares with Punk
Language
English
Physical Description
One sheet folded once to form two folios
Physical match: Pw V 334 (dimensions) & Pw V 341 (dimensions) & Pw V 342 (dimensions) & Pw V 343 (dimensions)
Physical match: Pw V 345 (dimensions) & Pw V 346 (dimensions) & Pw V 347 (dimensions) & Pw V 348 (dimensions) & Pw V 349 (dimensions)
Condition
Good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, under which cartouche reads Semper Endem, 110 x 80 mm
Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR, 35 x 25 mm
Watermark
Arms of Great Britain
Related Material
Index, ELM III, PoA 234
University of Nottingham Library:
University of Nottingham Library:
Publication Note
Pope, Miscellanies. The Last Volume (London, 1727)
Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 137-39.
Click the links below to view related name indexes
Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA74504
Philips; Ambrose (1679-1749); Mr; poet
1679-1749
NA72865
Tonson; Jacob (c.1656-1736); Mr; printer and publisher
c.1656-1736
NA1123
Pope; Alexander (1688-1744); poet
1688-1744
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