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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 404
Title
MS poem, entitled 'The history of Vanbrugh's House', by Jonathan Swift; c. 1709
Date
(1709 c)
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 48 lines.
Date suggested from that given on another version of this poem with a different title, for details of which see Pw V 403.
Title Of Work
The History of Vanbrugh's House
First Line of Poem
When mother Clud had rose from play
Last Line of Poem
A Mouse-Trapman Chief Engineer
Language
English
Condition
Fragile, on fourth of f 2 missing
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Seven Provinces Lion in narrow shield within crowned, double rimmed circle (a fragmented folio, top half only), approx. 50 x 80 mm
Countermark: Letter H, approx. 18 x 15 mm
Watermark
Lion
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:Pw V 403
University of Nottingham Library:
Pw V 404 is another copy of Pw V 403
Publication Note
Aldine (ed.), Jonathan Swift, Poems (London, 1833-34), i, p 79 & H. Williams (ed.), Poems of Jonathan Swift (Clarendon Press; Oxford, 1937) i, pp 86-88
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72831
Vanbrugh; John (1664-1726); Sir
1664-1726
NA1130
Swift; Jonathan (1667-1745); Dr; satirist and writer
1667-1745
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