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Object within Schaaf no. 606

Copy of a handwritten poem: Byron’s “Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte” comparing George Washington to Cincinnatus

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Object details

Created: Between 1 Aug 1835 and 4 Apr 1840

Image size: h 12.0cm x w 17.8cm

Paper size: h 13.2cm x w 18.9cm

Object Type: Paper Negative-Contact

Physical description: dark borders at the top and left edges only

Inscription: fx/2 in ink verso

Watermark: atman ey Mill 839

Watermark (expanded): J Whatman Turkey Mill 1839

Provenance:
The British Library, gift of Janet and Petronella Burnett-Brown, 1 March 2006
Fox Talbot Museum, Lacock Abbey, National Trust (LA3185; 00195)

Owner: The British Library

Object owner number: Talbot Photo 1(154)

Collection: Talbot Collection

Rights and Reproduction

This object is part of Schaaf no. 606

Copy of a handwritten poem: Byron’s “Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte” comparing George Washington to Cincinnatus

The last five lines from the final stanza of Lord George Gordon Byron's "Ode to Napoleon Bonaparte" where Byron compares Napoleon and Washington, "The Cincinnatues of thest West".

Yes–one–the first–the last–the best– The Cincinnatus of the West, Whom envy dared not hate, Bequeath'd the name of Washington, To make man blush there was but one!