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Object within Schaaf no. 957

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 13.0cm x w 17.9cm

Paper size: h 13.5cm x w 18.9cm

Object Type: Salted Paper Print

Physical description: chemicals have carried over to verso

Provenance:
Matilda Talbot 1934

Owner: National Science and Media Museum

Object owner number: 1937-1504

Collection: Science Museum Collection

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This object is part of Schaaf no. 957

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!

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