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Poem (transcript), "To the Po"

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

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Series I: Writings

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Title
Poem (transcript), "To the Po"
Names
Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824 (Author)
Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851 (Scribe)
Guiccioli, Teresa, contessa di, 1800-1873 (Scribe)
Collection

George Gordon Byron, Lord Byron manuscript material

Series I: Writings

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1822 (Approximate)
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz MS
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (B 0080)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (MWS 0349)
Shelf locator: Pforz MS (TG 0253)
Genres
Manuscripts
Notes
Citation/reference: Shelley and his Circle, SC 640 : volume VII, page 522
Date: [composed 1 June 1819 ; copied circa 1822]
Funding: Digitized through a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor.
Content: In the hand of Mary Shelley; with the Italian translation by Giuseppe Corsini copied in the hand of Teresa Guiccioli on the following two pages, done in the mid-to-late 1820's. Byron's fair copy is available in the NYPL's Berg Collection; the Pforzheimer copy was made by Mary Shelley from Byron's draft, which is now at The Pierpont Morgan Library.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 pages ; double sheet
Type of Resource
Text
Languages
English
Italian
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16737284
MSS Unit ID: 19609
Other local Identifier: B 0080
Archives EAD ID: 3115377
Archives EAD ID: 1715614
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8bf1f830-ecde-0136-68f5-2318bb26a9d6
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Item timeline of events

  • 1788: Creator Born
  • 1822: Created
  • 1824: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Poem (transcript), "To the Po"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1822. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb5-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Poem (transcript), "To the Po"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 24, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb5-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1822). Poem (transcript), "To the Po" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bbd86a91-dfb5-b7b8-e040-e00a18061803

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Poem (transcript), "To the Po"