Identity area
Reference code
Add. MS a/190/7
Title
Commonplace book of poetry kept by A. A. Vansittart
Date(s)
- 1847-1855 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 vol., 1 sheet
Context area
Name of creator
(1824-1882)
Biographical history
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Gift of Sir H. C. Jackson, Nov. 1953. See Add. MS a.190/11 for his letter about the book.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Commonplace book of twenty poems by Tennyson, Shelley, Clough, and others, accompanied by a Latin version of Lewis Carroll's "Jabberwocky," titled "Mors Jabrochii" with a note at the bottom that it is a translation "by the late Mr A. A. Vansittart."