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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries

Document Reference	Pw V 349
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Bounce and Fopp', attributed to Alexander Pope; n.d. [1726-1736]
Date	1726-1736
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 84 lines. Endorsed 'Bounce & Fop. An Epistle from a Dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court'. For discussion of collaboration on the text with Jonathan Swift, see P. Rogers, 'The Authorship of 'Bounce to Fop': A Re-Examination', Bulletin of Research in the Humanities, 85 (1982) pp 241-68.
Title Of Work	Bounce and Fopp. An Epistle from a dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court
First Line of Poem	To thee sweet Fop these lines I send
Last Line of Poem	To sing Fidelity, and Bounce
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) & Pw V 344 (dimensions) Physical match: Pw V 345 (dimensions) & Pw V 346 (dimensions) & Pw V 347 (dimensions) & Pw V 348 (dimensions)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Seven Provinces lion standing on dais labelled VRYHEIT, enclosed in double rimmed and crowned circle, 124 x 88 mm Countermark: Letters IV, 13 x 18 mm
Watermark	Lion
Related Material	Index, ELM III, PoA 12
Related Material	For other concordances see Index, ELM, III, PoA 11 and 13
Publication Note	'Bounce and Fopp. An Epistle from a dog at Twickenham to a Dog at Court by Dr S___t' (1736)
	Ault and Butt (eds), The Poems of Alexander Pope (1954) vi, pp 366-71.
	Minor Poems (London and New Haven, 1964) p 366
	P. Rogers, 'The Authorship of 'Bounce to Fop': A Re-Examination', Bulletin of Research in the Humanities, 85 (1982) pp 241-68