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To the Moon! To the Moon! The wild witch cries

 File — Container: box 1, Folder: 4

Scope and Contents

Watercolor painting of a witch on a broomstick, with a black cat on her shoulder, flying toward the moon. Approx. 3 1/2" x 2 1/2", no date, signed "A.H." (likley Amelia Heber, wife of poet and Bishop of Calcutta Reginald Heber). Accompanied below by a long-hand 16 line untitled poem, likely in the hand of Ellen Harper Parkes. On cream colored paper, removed from the album.

Dates

  • Creation: Title page dated 1826; Content primarily from 1824-1827

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open to the public and must be used in the John M.K. Davis Reading Room of the Watkinson Library, Trinity College Library, Hartford, Connecticut. Researchers must register and agree to copyright and privacy laws when using this collection.

Extent

From the Collection: 1 Cubic Feet

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Watkinson Library - Archival Collections Repository

Contact:
Trinity College Library
300 Summit St.
Hartford Connecticut 06106