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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
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
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PersonName
Dates of existence
NA1130
Swift; Jonathan (1667-1745); Dr; satirist and writer
1667-1745
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