Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1785 - 1828
Lady Caroline Lamb (1785-1828), Anglo-Irish aristocrat and novelist.
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Bessborough papers
Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 55
Overview:
The papers include letters written to Lady Bessborough; poetry in the hands of Lady Devonshire and of Lamb; and music, two silhouettes, and one drawing. Some of the letters contain eyewitness descriptions of the Napoleonic Wars.
Dates:
1774-1827
Letter : London, to [Francis Palgrave?], n.d.
Part of Collection — Box: 14, Folder: GROUP 283, F-3
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Accompanied by the address of Francis Palgrave which was clipped from an envelope.
Accompanied by the address of Francis Palgrave which was clipped from an envelope.
Dates:
n.d.
Letter : to her mother, [ca. 1805?]
Part of Collection — Box: 14, Folder: GROUP 283, F-1
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
[ca. 1805?]
Letter : to Joseph Lancster, n.d.
Part of Collection — Box: 14, Folder: GROUP 283, F-2
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
ALS.
Dates:
n.d.
Title page illustrations for Glenarvon, [ca. 1816]
Part of Collection — Box: 14, Folder: GROUP 283, F-4
Call Number: GEN MSS MISC
Scope and Contents:
Three drawings, colored pencil and wash, designs for the engraved title pages for the second edition of Lamb's novel, published anonymously by Henry Colburn, London, 1816.
Holograph captions in French appear at the bottom of each drawing.
Original decorated mats.
Holograph captions in French appear at the bottom of each drawing.
Original decorated mats.
Dates:
[ca. 1816]