Collection items

Autobiography of Lady Anne Halkett

Manuscript Created date: 1677–78

These remarkable handwritten memoirs of Lady Anne Halkett (1623–1699) explore romantic rebellion and political intrigue ...

Poems by Shakespeare, Donne and others in I. A.'s...

Manuscript, Book, Duodecimo, Commonplace book Created date: 17th century

This handwritten collection of poems and prose contains William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 2, as well as works by other Elizab...

Works by John Donne and Ben Jonson in the Newcastl...

Manuscript, Drawing, Illustration, Image Created date: 17th century

This handwritten volume, known as the Newcastle Manuscript, is an anthology of verse and prose made for Sir William Cave...