LETTER TO JOHN MURRAY
Creator(s): Lord Byron (Author)
Currently in storage
About this object
A folded sheet of paper with writing on one page and the address on another. The letter was written by Lord Byron to his publisher, John Murray, about an altercation in a line in The Curse of Minerva. Written from Rotherham, Oct. 4, 1813. "Aston Hall, Rotherham Oct. 4, 1813. Dear Sir- Your Ashton Hall letter never arrived to my sore discomfiture however there is no saying what Time may do-In the proof from the 'Curse' alter the line 'Whose arts & arms but live in poets' lore' to "Whose arts revive, whose arms avenge no more, remember this-I am just arrived & much fatigued-but you wont forget the brevity of this epistle from Yrs. & c" On envelope: " 1813 Oct 4th Byron, Lord 1813 Rotherham ? with John Murray P... 50 Allemonde Street London Byron"
- Object name:
- LETTER TO JOHN MURRAY
- Made from:
- Paper
- Made in:
- Rotherham, England
- Date made:
- 1813
- Size:
- 22.9 × 18.4 cm (9 × 7 1/4 in.)
Detailed information for this item
- Catalog number:
- 57.10
- Class:
- AUTOGRAPH
- Signature marks:
- SIGNATURE Lord Byron
- Credit line:
- Bequest of Marjorie Merriweather Post, 1973