ORCID iD
Scott 0009-0002-5051-1944
Document Type
Lecture
Subject Area(s)
Victorian poetry, Victorian science, provenance, forgery
Abstract
Discusses the rediscovery, provenance, and authenticity of the copy of John Herschel's Preliminary Discourse on the Study of Natural Philosophy (1831), with an ownership inscription by Tennyson dated 1843, and marginal markings on multiple pages, that was previously only known from a brief catalogue description for a 1924 auction.
Publication Info
Tennyson Society talks series 4, 2025.
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