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LIBRARY DIVISION
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

  • Alphabet discs
  • The spot where the body of Shelley was burned
  • Sketchbook containing views recording a tour in Switzerland and France
  • Anne Wagner album
  • Lord Byron, as he appeared after his daily ride at Pisa & Genoa
  • Julia Conyers album
  • Watercolor portrait of Lord Byron
  • The great aerial navigator, or atmospheric machine!
  • Conundrum fan
  • Ettore
  • Lives of the necromancers (with tipped in autograph letter signed to Thomas Northmore, 3 January [1803])
  • Percy Bysshe Shelley, poet
  • Frankenstein: or, The modern Prometheus; to which is added vol. 1 of F. Schiller's The Ghost-Seer
  • Lady Anne Hamilton commonplace book of poetry
  • Elisa, ossia, È una disgrazia l'esser donna ...
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle

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Beauty in search of knowledge
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Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle: visual materials

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1782-12-30
Place: London
Publisher: R. Sayer & J. Bennett
Library locations
Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle
Shelf locator: Pforz VMAT
Shelf locator: Pforz VMAT (MAT-L 0011)
Topics
Women
Libraries
Genres
Prints
Physical Description
Mezzotints
Etchings
Extent: 1 print : mezzotint with etching ; image (33 x 25 cm.)
Description
Print shows an elegantly dressed young woman standing outside a circulating library. She faces right, turned towards the viewer, a parasol under her right arm and a book in her left hand. The windows of the library are filled with displays of books and pictures.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19980492
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18199998
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b43b8250-0031-0130-07f9-58d385a7bc34
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1782: Issued
  • 2013: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Beauty in search of knowledge" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1782-12-30. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-20e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. "Beauty in search of knowledge" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-20e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle, The New York Public Library. (1782-12-30). Beauty in search of knowledge Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-20e6-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Wikipedia Citation

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Beauty in search of knowledge