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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 648
Title
MS verse, being unattributed poem entitled 'On a fine Statue'; n.d.[c.1720-1730]
Date
n.d. [c 1720-1730]
Extent
1 f
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Text consists of 12 lines.
Title Of Work
On a fine Statue
First Line of Poem
Breathless It stood; And yet it seemd to breath
Last Line of Poem
Tempting the Tongue to ask It if it liv'd
Language
English
Physical Description
One quarto leaf
Condition
Generally good
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Pro Patria, Dutch maiden and Seven Provinces rampant Lion within fenced field (fragment), 55 x 55 mm
Watermark
Pro Patria
Publication Note
Needham (ed.), Welbeck miscellany, no 2 (1934) p 60
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