COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL0910563dc
Reference Number:
English MS 659/17
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Letter from Jonathan Swift
Parent Work Title:
Swift Papers
Creator:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
18th century
Page/Sheet:
1
Image Sequence Number:
001
Description:
Copy by Swift of his letter in their shared artificial language, Latino-Anglicus, to Thomas Sheridan, retrospectively dated by Swift as July 1734, but actually answering a letter from Sheridan dated 16 July 1735.
Subject:
Letters
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
People Covered:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Item Height:
182 mm
Item Width:
148 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
References:
I. Ehrenpreis and J.L. Clifford, 'Swiftiana in Rylands English MS. 659', Bulletin of the John Rylands Library, vol. 37 (1954), pp. 368-392
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2009-01-30
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Letter from Jonathan Swift
