Record

Document Reference	Pw V 401
Title	MS poem, entitled 'Prometheus; A Poem', by Jonathan Swift; [c.1724]
Date	1724 (c)
Extent	2 ff
Level	Item/file
Content Description	Text consists of 76 lines. Date suggested from its printing as a broadside in 1724. The endorsement 'Prometheus' appears on f 2v.
Title Of Work	Promoetheus: A Poem
First Line of Poem	When first the Squire & Tinker Wood
Last Line of Poem	For want of Vulturs we have Crows
Language	English
Physical Description	One sheet folded once to form two folios Physical match: Pw V 241 (dimensions, paper, watermark, script) & Pw V 427 (dimensions, paper, watermark, script)
Condition	Good
Descriptive Features	Watermark: Arms of Great Britain within crowned garter, approx. 85 x 65 mm Countermark: Royal Cipher, crowned GR within circle, approx. 42 x 42 mm
Watermark	Arms of Great Britain
Related Material	Crum, Index, W 1062
	University of Nottingham Library: Pw V 402
	University of Nottingham Library:
	Pw V 401 is another copy of Pw V 402
Publication Note	Printed as a broadside in 1724 & Aldine (ed.), Jonathan Swift, Poems (London, 1833-34), iii, p 103 & Williams (ed.), Poems of Jonathan Swift (Oxford, 1958) i, p 343