Detail View: Rylands Collection: Introduction
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Image Number:
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JRL060314dc
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Reference Number:
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English MS 1313
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Image Title:
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Introduction
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Parent Work Title:
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Alphabet book
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Creator:
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Lear, Edward, 1812-1888
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Creator Role:
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Author
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Date Created:
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1848
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Page/Sheet:
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Introduction
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Image Sequence Number:
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000d
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Description:
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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."
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Language Code:
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eng-GB
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Subject:
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Alphabet
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Subject:
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Nonsense verses, English
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Category of Material:
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Manuscripts
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Technique Used:
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Handwriting
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Support:
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Paper
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Creation Site:
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England: Cheshire
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Item Height:
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315 mm
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Item Width:
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119 mm
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Current Repository:
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The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
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Provenance:
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Tabley House
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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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Lear Estate [?]
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Access Rights:
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Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
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2006-01-20
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Multi Page Number:
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20
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Image Creation Technique:
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Digital capture by Gten
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Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
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2006-03
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Metadata Language:
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eng-GB
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