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PwV - Literary Manuscripts in the Portland (Welbeck) Collection, 16th-19th centuries
Document Reference
Pw V 856
Title
MS group of poems by various authors including Henry Hall, Aphra Behn, Sir Charles Hedges and several unascribed.
Extent
4 ff
Level
Item/file
Content Description
Miscellaneous group of eight poems, three by Henry Hall, Aphra Behn, Sir Charles Hedges and five unascribed.
Language
English
Physical Description
One folio folded once, now detached forming two separate quarto leaves, and two individual quarto leaves
Physical match: Pw V 249 (dimensions, hand, paper, text)
Physical match: Pw V 25 (hand) & Pw V 255 (hand) & Pw V 1185 (hand) & Pw2 V 186 (hand)
Descriptive Features
Watermark: Arms of the City of London in large, ornate shield, approx. 107 x 65 mm (Type A, ff 1-2)
Watermark: Arms of the City of London in large, ornate shield, top half only, 56 x 64 mm (Type B, f 3)
Countermark: Monogram H and G, top half only, 9 x 43 mm (Type C, f 4)
Watermark
Arms of London (ornate)
Related Material
University of Nottingham Library:
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Persons
Code
PersonName
Dates of existence
NA72794
Hall; Henry (-1713); Mr
-1713
NA1111
Behn; Aphra (1640-1689); poet
1640-1689
NA29366
Hedges; Charles (-1714); Sir; politician; lawyer; knighted 1689
-1714
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