Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
June 1929
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/810
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    450 TENNYSON (Alfred, Lord) Morte D’Arthur, Pencil Sketch made by Tennyson to explain the geography of his Morte ’Arthur, on the top half of a 4to page ; below is an Auto. Note s. by Knowles: Sketch chart made by Mr. Tennyson at the Hollies—Dec. 2nd. 1869— to explain the geography of his Morte D’Arthur. The “Lake” is the scene of the casting away of Excalibur & of the disappearance of Arthur and the sea sand the site of the “last mind battle”... J. Knowles. 451 Harpy (Thomas) A. lL. s. 1 p. 8vo, Max Gate, March 28, 1904, to Knowles: Saying he has written a short Poem—140 lines—which, though, romantic in its particulars, is of sufficiently general application to life to suggest that, it might suit the “19th Cent. & after.” 452 Harpy (Thomas) A. L. s. 1 p. 8vo, Max Gate, 4/4/1904: I am much obliged to you for reading the lines... as I had mentioned them I sent them up. I hope to have something more suitable some day. 453 METAPHYSICAL Soctery, founded April 21st, 1869, dissolved November 16, 1880. ‘lhe society owed its existence to Alfred lord Tennyson, and was founded to discuss theological questions. in the manner and with the machinery of a scientific society THE SociEry’s Minutk Book, containing the Auto. signatures of the original members, among which may be found the names of Huxley, Bagehot, Froude, ‘lennyson, ‘l'yndall, Gladstone, Manning, and others. ‘This interesting record runs to about 100 pp. and the signatures of the chairman include ‘Tennyson, Huxley, Manning, Gladstone. Knowles, Lubbock and others, with printed papers and letters loosely inserted, folvo, vellum 4534 Stranutey (Dean) Auto. MS. “The Eucharist,” written in a note- book of 110 ff., mostly written upon, with much cancellation and correction, 4to, wnbound 454 SWINBURNE (A. C.) Tot Union, Poem of 4 Stanzas, proof sheet from “ The Nineteenth Cantar @ May, 1893, with the third line in the second stanza “‘ First and fiercest, last and least,” altered o ‘‘ Dense as round some death-struck beast,” with directions to printer in Sir James Knowles’s hand 455 Swinpurne (A. C.) A. L.s, 2 pp. 8vo, The Pines, May 27, 1884, to Knowles: . I have just finished a lyrical poem addressed to Victor Hugo, on the ‘completion of his master-work, La Légende des Siécles ... My poem is in 25 stanzas of 16 lines . This is perhaps a longer spell of metre than would suit the Nineteenth Century . 6