Robert Burns to Maria Riddell, a lost Burns manuscript and a Victorian facsimile

Scott, P. and Young, R. (2022) Robert Burns to Maria Riddell, a lost Burns manuscript and a Victorian facsimile. Studies in Scottish Literature, 48(2), pp. 207-214. (doi: 10.51221/suc.ssl.2023.48.2.16)

Abstract

Reviews the textual history of Robert Burns's brief letter to Maria Riddell, in spring 1795, in Dumfries, mentioning the miniature portrait by Alexander Reid; notes that the manuscript, owned in the late 19th century by Dr Thomas C.S. Corry of Belfast, and later by John Gribbel of Philadelphia, cannot now be located; and describes and illustrates the facsimile made of it in 1864 for Vincent Brooks in the Autographic Mirror, now the only source of this letter manuscript available to the Glasgow editorial team for the forthcoming Oxford edition of Burns's Correspondence.

• Item Type: Articles
• Keywords: Robert Burns, Maria Riddell, Thomas S. Corry, Vincent Brooks, John Gribbel, letters, correspondence, nineteenth-century, facsimiles, autograph collecting, Autographic Mirror.
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Scott, Professor Patrick and Young, Dr Ronnie
• Authors: Scott, P., and Young, R.
• Subjects: P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General); P Language and Literature > PN Literature (General) > PN0441 Literary History; Z Bibliography. Library Science. Information Resources > Z004 Books. Writing. Paleography
• College/School: College of Arts & Humanities > School of Critical Studies > Scottish Literature
• Journal Name: Studies in Scottish Literature
• Journal Abbr.: SSL
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Libraries
• ISSN: 0039-3770
• Published Online: 12 June 2023
• Copyright Holders: Copyright © 2022 University of South Carolina Libraries
• First Published: First published in Studies in Scottish Literature 48(2):207-214
• Publisher Policy: Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher

Project Code	Award No	Project Name	Principal Investigator	Funder's Name	Funder Ref	Lead Dept
173717		Editing Robert Burns for the 21st Century: Correspondence & Poetry	Gerard Carruthers	Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)	AH/P004946/1	Arts - Scottish Literature