COLLECTION NAME:
Rylands Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL060314dc
Reference Number:
English MS 1313
Image Title:
Introduction
Parent Work Title:
Alphabet book
Creator:
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
Creator Role:
Author
Date Created:
1848
Page/Sheet:
Introduction
Image Sequence Number:
000d
Description:
Introduction to the manuscript Alphabet Book, made for the children of the family at Tabley House in Cheshire, England. Transcription: "There was an odd fellow called Lear / Who thought he would be funny and queer, / So he published some rhymes / Which a great many times / Are inferior to those that are here. / The charge too it was to us / Shameful!! prepsterous!!!! / Now this small production's not dear."
Language Code:
eng-GB
Subject:
Alphabet
Subject:
Nonsense verses, English
Category of Material:
Manuscripts
Technique Used:
Handwriting
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Cheshire
Item Height:
315 mm
Item Width:
119 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Provenance:
Tabley House
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
Lear Estate [?]
Access Rights:
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2006-01-20
Multi Page Number:
20
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
Introduction
