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Autograph letter signed from A.C. Swinburne, London, to Robert Browning, London [manuscript], 1877 October 24.

Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909, sender.; Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, addressee.
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Title
Autograph letter signed from A.C. Swinburne, London, to Robert Browning, London [manuscript], 1877 October 24.
Description
2 leaves ; 18 x 12 cm
Associated name
Swinburne, Algernon Charles, 1837-1909, sender.
Browning, Robert, 1812-1889, addressee.
Summary
Swinburne thanks Browning for his translation of Agamemnon; if there are two poets he knows well, they are Shakespeare and Aeschylus, in the Oresteia particularly. Address on letter: 3 Great James St., Bedford Row, WC. With envelope addressed to Browning, care of Messrs Smith, Elder & Co., 15 Waterloo Place W.
Note
Bifolium mourning paper.
Source of acquisition
Purchased from Scheuer, 1929.
Genre/form
Letters (correspondence)
Manuscripts (documents)
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.

Call number
Y.c.2416
Folger accession
cs1895

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