Detail View: Rylands Collection: Gay maitre d'hotel
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Image Number:
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JRL1011031dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 659
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Image Title:
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Gay maitre d'hotel
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Parent Work Title:
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Swift Papers
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Creator:
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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[1720-1729?]
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Page/Sheet:
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3
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Description:
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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.
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Language Code:
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eng
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Subject:
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Letters
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Subject:
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Poetry
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Sub-Category:
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Correspondence
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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People Covered:
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Gay, John, 1685-1732
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People Covered:
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Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Rights Holder - Image:
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The University of Manchester Library
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Rights holder - Work:
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The University of Manchester Library
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References:
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'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'.
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Notes:
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Part of a set of 25 items.
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2010-07-26
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Heritage Imaging, The University of Manchester Library
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2011-02
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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