Autograph poems and watercolors by Thomas Powell [manuscript], 1780-1816.

4 items : col. ill. ; 6 x 10 cm to 25 x 21 cm

(1), a poem entitled The oak, an ode to Shakespeare, has the first line Oak! thou proud Pharos of a thousand years and includes a watercolor of an oak. (2) is a painting, possibly depicting Shakespeare invoking his characters. (3) a "Motto for Darwin's Loves of the plants" is written on the back of a fragment of an invitation and has the first line The chastest Virgins erst they shone. (4) is a bifolium to which two leaves have been attached: a watercolor of Miss Elisa Smart and a poem entitled The hot days in August 1780 with the first line O tis a fiery sky - tis all a blaze.

Hot days in August 1780.
Motto for Darwin's Loves of the plants.
Oak, an ode to Shakespeare.

Great Britain -- England.

Y.d.881 (1-4)

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