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1. Notebook containing a travel journal for 1859

Creator:: Arnold, Matthew, 1822-1888
Published / Created:: 1859-1871
Call Number:: GEN MSS FILE 497
Image Count:: 88
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Autograph manuscript notebook documenting Arnold's tour of France, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland from March through August of 1859. Arnold traveled as Foreign Assistant Commissioner to the Newcastle Commission on Elementary Education, and many of the entries record official meetings connected with the commission's business, as well as Arnold's own observations on Continental educational systems, particularly those of France. In addition, Arnold notes his meetings with French authors and critics, including Sainte-Beuve, Villemain, Guizot, Mérimée, and Montalembert. Later entries consist almost entirely of quotations from Arnold's reading, particularly of French authors.
Description:: Ex libris A. Edward Newton. Ex libris Arthur A. Houghton. Purchased from Stonehill (Christie's sale, 1979 June 13, lot 14), on the Edwin J. Beinecke Book Fund, 1979. and Matthew Arnold (1822-1888), British poet and literary and social critic.
Subject (Geographic):: Belgium--Description and travel, France--Description and travel, Netherlands--Description and travel, and Switzerland--description and travel
Subject (Name):: Guizot, M. (François), 1787-1874, Houghton, Arthur A. (Arthur Amory), 1906-1990--Bookplate, Mérimée, Prosper, 1803-1870, Montalembert, Charles Forbes, comte de, 1810-1870, Newton, A. Edward (Alfred Edward), 1864-1940--Bookplate, Sainte-Beuve, Charles Augustin, 1804-1869, and Villemain, M. (Abel-François), 1790-1870
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Education, Compulsory--France, Education, Compulsory--Great Britain, Education, Elementary--France, Education, Elementary--Great Britain, and Travelers' writings, English
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Notebook containing a travel journal for 1859

2. Dibdin, Anne. Letter to William Kitchiner

Creator:: Dibdin, Anne, 1757-1835
Published / Created:: 1824 Feb 28
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 11
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):: Kitchiner, William, 1775?-1827
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dibdin, Anne. Letter to William Kitchiner

3. Dibdin, Anne. Drawings

Creator:: Dibdin, Anne, approximately 1776-
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 17
Resource Type:: Paintings & Drawings
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814--Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, Engravers--Great Britain, Illustration of books--19th century--Great Britain, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dibdin, Anne. Drawings

4. Peter Nicked

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 61
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: 2 of 2 folders completely digitized., Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Peter Nicked

5. Taffy and Whinefred

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 9
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taffy and Whinefred

6. The Cabin Boy

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Cabin Boy

7. The Converted Rake

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 5
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Converted Rake

8. The Cuckoo

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Cuckoo

9. The Flowing Bowl

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 4
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Flowing Bowl

10. The Land of Perfection

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 18
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Land of Perfection

11. The Musical Mentor

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 93
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: 2 of 2 folders completely digitized., Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Musical Mentor

12. The Quizzes

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 16
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizzes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Quizzes

13. The Touchstone

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 15
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizzes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Touchstone

14. Zeloida

Creator:: Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 13
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizzes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Zeloida

15. Dibdin, E. Rimbault

Creator:: Dibdin, E. Rimbault (Edward Rimbault), 1853-1941
Published / Created:: 1904
Call Number:: GEN MSS 959
Collection Title:: Charles Dibdin collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1
Image Count:: 9
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Accompanied by engraved portraits of Charles Dibdin, with biographical notes, manuscript, in an unidentified hand; Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); and William Kitchiner, inscribed by Kitchiner to an unidentified recipient; and clippings of a portrait and caricature of E. Rimbault Dibdin., Autograph manuscript song texts and other writings by Charles Dibdin, some with watermarks dated 1794-1814; an autograph letter, signed, from Dibdin's wife Anne Dibdin to William Kitchiner, 1824 February 28, referring to her husband's death and to a bust of him made by sculptor Robert William Sievier; 12 pencil and watercolor drawings, and 3 etching proofs, by Dibdin's daughter Anne Dibdin for illustrations in his Observations on a tour through almost the whole of England, and a considerable part of Scotland (London, 1801); and 11 autograph letters, signed, from E. Rimbault Dibdin to W. T. Freemantle, English bibliographer and book collector, 1904-1915, with a few draft responses from Freemantle, about Freemantle's collection of books and manuscripts by Charles Dibdin, and E. Rimbault Dibdin's writings about Charles Dibdin., and Autograph manuscript writings by Dibdin consist of song texts: The Cabin Boy (watermarked 1810), The Converted Rake: a Burlettina, The Cuckoo, The Flowing Bowl, The Voyage of Life (first line: "A voyage at sea and all its strife"); plays: The Land of Perfection, The Round Robin (watermarked 1810), Taffy and Whinefred, or, the Gentle Goatherd, The Touchstone, and Zeloida; a poem: Peter Nicked, or the Devil's Darling (watermarked 1794); table entertainments, consisting of narration and songs: The Quizes (watermarked 1814), and The Whim of the Moment (watermarked 1805); and papers relating to his textbook The Musical Mentor, including drafts (some watermarked 1804-1805) for a prospectus, letters seeking subscribers, essays, and song texts, and a printed prospectus.
Description:: Charles Dibdin, English composer, author, and actor; husband of Anne Dibdin (1757-1835); father of engraver Anne Dibdin (born circa 1776)., E. Rimbault Dibdin, English art curator and critic., and Purchased from Peter Murray Hill on the Plain Fund, 1954.
Subject (Name):: Freemantle, W. T. (William Thomas)
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, Composers--England, and Manuscripts--Collectors and collecting--Great Britain
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dibdin, E. Rimbault

16. Letter from Percy Bysshe Shelley to S. Turner

Creator:: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Published / Created:: 1816 February 26
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1116
Collection Title:: Percy Bysshe Shelley collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 2
Image Count:: 6
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Other items in the collection include one autograph letter, signed, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to "S. Turner" (February 26, 1816) concerning Shelley's grandfather's estate, two autograph orders, signed, to Messrs. Brookes & Co., London, to pay Charles Clairmont (April 9, 1815) and "Mr. Sutton" (February 21, 1818), and an engraved bank check, signed by Shelley and payable to himself (February 16, 1818). Also present is one autograph letter, signed, from Percy Florence Shelley to Edith Nicolls Clark (October 4, 1873) regarding the papers of Percy Bysshe Shelley. and The collection consists of letters and documents regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley that primarily relate to Shelley's finances. The bulk of the collection is held in one bound volume containing fifteen autograph letters, signed, by Shelley's father Timothy Shelley in 1811: one to his son Percy Bysshe Shelley, one to his brother-in-law Captain John Pilfold, and thirteen to London solicitor William Whitton; at the front of the volume are two legal documents signed by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Timothy Shelley, William Whitton, and solicitor P. W. Longdill in 1815. The material concerns Percy Bysshe Shelley's expulsion from the University of Oxford, his debts, and his financial arrangements with his father.
Description:: Order (1818): gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Blum, 1953., Oxford University material: purchased on the Frank Altschul Fund, 1937., Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English poet., Percy Florence Shelley letter: purchased from Sotheby's (Sotheby's sale 1975 July 15) on the Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize Fund, 1975., and Turner letter: purchased from Hamill and Barker on the Elizabeth W. Manwaring Fund, 1956.
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Letter from Percy Bysshe Shelley to S. Turner

17. Financial documents

Published / Created:: 1815-1818
Call Number:: GEN MSS 1116
Collection Title:: Percy Bysshe Shelley collection
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 3
Image Count:: 9
Resource Type:: Archives or Manuscripts
Abstract:: Other items in the collection include one autograph letter, signed, from Percy Bysshe Shelley to "S. Turner" (February 26, 1816) concerning Shelley's grandfather's estate, two autograph orders, signed, to Messrs. Brookes & Co., London, to pay Charles Clairmont (April 9, 1815) and "Mr. Sutton" (February 21, 1818), and an engraved bank check, signed by Shelley and payable to himself (February 16, 1818). Also present is one autograph letter, signed, from Percy Florence Shelley to Edith Nicolls Clark (October 4, 1873) regarding the papers of Percy Bysshe Shelley. and The collection consists of letters and documents regarding Percy Bysshe Shelley that primarily relate to Shelley's finances. The bulk of the collection is held in one bound volume containing fifteen autograph letters, signed, by Shelley's father Timothy Shelley in 1811: one to his son Percy Bysshe Shelley, one to his brother-in-law Captain John Pilfold, and thirteen to London solicitor William Whitton; at the front of the volume are two legal documents signed by Percy Bysshe Shelley, Timothy Shelley, William Whitton, and solicitor P. W. Longdill in 1815. The material concerns Percy Bysshe Shelley's expulsion from the University of Oxford, his debts, and his financial arrangements with his father.
Description:: Order (1818): gift of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Blum, 1953., Oxford University material: purchased on the Frank Altschul Fund, 1937., Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), English poet., Percy Florence Shelley letter: purchased from Sotheby's (Sotheby's sale 1975 July 15) on the Chauncey Brewster Tinker Prize Fund, 1975., and Turner letter: purchased from Hamill and Barker on the Elizabeth W. Manwaring Fund, 1956.
Subject (Name):: Shelley, Percy Bysshe, 1792-1822
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Financial documents

18. [Photographs of Alice Liddell Hargreaves in front of an Alice in Wonderland-themed screen]

Published / Created:: 1932
Call Number:: GEN MSS 769
Collection Title:: Caryl Liddell Hargreaves papers relating to Alice Liddell Hargreaves and the Lewis Carroll
Container / Volume:: Box 1 | Folder 5
Image Count:: 6
Abstract:: The papers consist of material created and compiled by Caryl Liddell Hargreaves that is related to Alice Liddell Hargreaves' life and various events surrounding the 1932 centenary celebrations of the author Lewis Carroll (1832-1898). Much of the collection documents the visit Alice Hargreaves and her son Caryl made to New York in the spring of 1932, so that she could receive an honorary degree from Columbia University and attend various Carroll centenary events. Box 1 holds a manuscript diary by Caryl Hargreaves covering his mother's trip to America, and three folders of manuscript and printed writings by him about her; photographs of Alice Hargreaves; her passport, ephemera and printed memorabilia from Columbia University; and two small scrapbooks with press cuttings about Alice Hargreaves and Lewis Carroll. One of the scrapbooks was created by Maud Standen Ffooks, a personal friend of Charles Dodgson, and given to Caryl Hargreaves.
Subject (Name):: Carroll, Lewis,--1832-1898, Carroll, Lewis,--1832-1898.--Alice's adventures in Wonderland, Columbia University, Dodgson, Charles Lutwidge,--1832-1898, Hargrave family, Hargreaves, Alice Pleasance Liddell,--1852-1934, and Hargreaves, Caryl Liddell,--1887-1955
Subject (Topic):: Authors, English--19th century, British literature--19th century, and Children's literature, English--19th century
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographs of Alice Liddell Hargreaves in front of an Alice in Wonderland-themed screen]