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Byron, George Gordon, 6th Baron Byron (afterwards Noel, poet)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1788–1824. - 1824

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Commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb., 1810-1812.

 Sub-Series
Identifier: MSS.43365-43366
Scope and Contents

Two commonplace books of Lady Caroline Lamb. The first, the 'green book', contains poems, literary passages, sketches, watercolours, and translations from Greek, among other entries. The second, the 'blue book’, is addressed to Lord Byron, with whom Lamb had a disastrous affair in 1812. She compiled the 'blue book' as a commemoration of their affair and it contains letters to the poet, as well poems, prose passages and watercolours.

Dates: 1810-1812.

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