Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans Papers mssHM 42508-42558
Brooke M. Black
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Title: Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans papers
Creator:
Hemans, Mrs., 1793-1835
Identifier/Call Number: mssHM 42508-42558
Physical Description:
1.20 Linear Feet
(1 box)
Date (inclusive): 1819-1893
Abstract: Papers belonging to 19th century English poet Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans.
Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item]. Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans papers, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Sotheby's, 1975.
Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans (1793-1835) was a British poet born in Liverpool. Her first poems, dedicated to the Prince
of Wales, were published in 1808. In 1812 she married Captain Alfred Hemans, an Irish army officer; they had five sons and
later separated. One of her most well-known poems "Casabianca," was published in 1826. She moved to Ireland in 1831 where
she died of dropsy in 1835.
The collection consists of manuscripts by Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans and also letters both to and from her. The materials
in the collection mostly concern literary subjects, though several offer observations on the political situation in Ireland
and the tensions between the Catholics and Protestants. A substantial amount of material in the collection is written both
by and to Robert Perceval Graves and other Graves family members.
Processed by Huntington Library staff in March 1976. In 2021, Brooke M. Black created a finding aid.
Arranged alphabetically.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Women poets, English -- 19th century
Ireland -- Politics and Government -- 19th century
Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Manuscripts (documents) -- Great Britain -- 19th century
Graves, Robert Perceval, 1810-1893
Felicia Dorothea Browne Hemans papers mssHM 42508-42558