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The peacock: a poem
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Title
The peacock: a poem, 1890.
Physical Description
1 v. (21 p.) ; 15 x 20 cm.
Language
English
Notes
Dedication page: "To my Mother, on the occasion of the first day of the year 1891."
Title from title page.
Binding: hand-decorated boards with taped spine. Written on cover: "The Peacock A Poem," mounted on brown velvet. On back cover: "P., 1890," mounted on brown velvet.
In English.
Provenance
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Summary
Manuscript, in a single hand, of an album containing an elaborately lettered poetic fable about a boy who loses, and then finds, his pet peacock. Details include the boy's discovery of the empty cage; his forlorn breakfast with his parents; the ensuing search; and the peacock's miraculous return in answer to the boy's prayer. Each page is decorated with an elaborate border.
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Archives or Manuscripts
Added to Catalog
January 11, 2005
References
B. Procter, The Peacock: A Poem. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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B. Procter, The Peacock: A Poem. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
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