Lear, Edward, 1812–1888, St. Kiven and the Gentle Kathleen : manuscript, circa 1840?
- Call Number:
- MSS 59
- Holdings:
- Accessible by appointment in the Study Room [Request]
- Creator:
- Lear, Edward, 1812–1888
- Title(s):
- St. Kiven and the Gentle Kathleen : manuscript
- Date:
- circa 1840?
- Classification:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Series:
- Manuscript writings
- Part of Collection:
- Box 1, folder 12
- Provenance:
- Yale Center for British Art, Gift of Donald C. Gallup, Yale BA 1934, PhD 1939, Gallup's collecting of Edward Lear material is described in: Gallup, Donald C. "Collecting Edward Lear." The Yale University Library Gazette 61, no. 3/4 (1987): 125-42. http://www.jstor.org/stable/40858913. And in: Wilcox, Scott. Edward Lear and the art of travel. New Haven: Yale Center for British Art, 2000.
- Conditions Governing Access:
- The materials are open for research.
- Conditions Governing Use:
- Copyright UndeterminedThe collection is the physical property of the Yale Center for British Art. Literary rights, including copyright, belong to the authors or their legal heirs and assigns. For further information, consult the Archives Department.
- Scope and Content:
- Comprises the verse of Thomas Moore's "By That Lake, Whose Gloomy Shore" from vol. 4 of his Irish Melodies, illustrated by original drawings by Lear. The verse describes the story of Saint Kevin (of Glendalough?) who responds to the love of his devoted admirer only after he has cruelly cast her to her death. The sheets are numbered 1-9; sheet 5 is lacking.
- Additional Notes:
- Text and drawings In black ink.
- Physical Description:
- 8 sheets : ink drawings, autograph manuscript ; 12 x 19 cm
- Genre:
- Pen and ink drawings, Correspondence , and Lists
- Subject Terms:
- Description and travelMoore, Thomas, 1779-1852. By that lake, whose gloomy shore
- Associated Places:
- Mediterranean Region
- Associated People/Groups:
- Kevin, Saint, Abbot of Glendalough, -618
- Finding Aid Title:
- Edward Lear archive
- Collection PDF:
- https://ead-pdfs.library.yale.edu/11283.pdf
- Archival Object:
- https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/3/archival_objects/2896668
- Metadata Cloud URL:
- https://metadata-api.library.yale.edu/metadatacloud/api/aspace/repositories/3/archival_objects/2896668?mediaType=json&include-notes=1&include-all-subjects=1