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Title
Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet: [trading card]
Names
Topps Chewing Gum, Inc. (Author)
Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1952
Place: Brooklyn, NY
Publisher: Topps Chewing Gum, Inc.
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz VF (Shelley, P.) (1952. Topps)
Topics
Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Genres
Collecting cards
Notes
Numbering: Look 'n See series, card no. 114; No. 4 of 10 famous writers.
Content: "The great British poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley, was born into a very wealthy family, but decided he wanted to live by his own rules. When he was only eighteen years old he was thrown out of Oxford and forbidden to return home because he wrote a pamphlet daring God! He lived in many different places ... London, France, Switzerland and Italy ... where he wrote some of the world's finest poetry."
Physical Description
Extent: 1 trading card : ill. ; 75 x 52 mm
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19376238
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 859941f0-c607-012f-178e-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1952: Issued
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1952. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0c4c81b-a0ec-ef10-e040-e00a18067b21

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 14, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0c4c81b-a0ec-ef10-e040-e00a18067b21

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1952). Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b0c4c81b-a0ec-ef10-e040-e00a18067b21

Wikipedia Citation

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Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet