Identity area
Reference code
NLW MS 22979C [RESTRICTED ACCESS]
Title
Poetry
Date(s)
- [late 18 cent. x early 19 cent.] (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
68 ff. ; 260 x 200 mm.
Guarded and filed (previously in cardboard folder with remains of yellow silk ribbon ties).
Context area
Name of creator
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Transcripts, [18/19 cent.], in the hand of Sarah Ponsonby, of an incomplete and apparently unpublished verse drama entitled 'Love's Frenzy, or the Garlands of the Faun', and of poems, bearing dates of composition between 1777 and 1779, some of them by the same anonymous author; illustrated with monochrome watercolour drawings, also probably by Sarah Ponsonby.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Access to the original manuscript by authorised permission only. Readers are directed to use surrogate copies.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
At least one leaf missing after f. 41, part of ff. 37, 58 cut away.
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Available on microfilm at the Library (NLW Film 1001).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.