COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL1011031dc
Reference Number:
English MS 659
Image Title:
Gay maitre d'hotel
Parent Work Title:
Swift Papers
Creator:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
[1720-1729?]
Page/Sheet:
3
Description:
Tipped in manuscript. A letter from Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) to John Gay (1685-1732) containing two draft versions from Swift's ten-line poem. Provisionally entitled ' Gay Maitre d'hotel', the two stages of work have been crossed out; one couplet has been deleted then re-written.
Language Code:
eng
Subject:
Letters
Subject:
Poetry
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Sub-Category:
Correspondence
Technique Used:
Handwriting
People Covered:
Gay, John, 1685-1732
People Covered:
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
References:
'Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester', Vol. 37, 1955. George Mayhew, 'A draft of ten lines from Swift's poem to John Gray'.
Notes:
Part of a set of 25 items.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2010-07-26
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2011-02
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Gay maitre d'hotel
