Literary
MARTIN
(Sir Theodore, 1816-1909, Parliamentary Solicitor, Verse Writer, Translator, Biographer of Prince Albert) and his wife Helena FAUCIT (1817-1898, Actress)
Autograph Quotation from Longfellow signed and dated
Not in the clamour of the crowded street / not in the shouts & plaudits of the throne / but in ourselves we triumph and defeat with another autograph quotation, also signed, by his wife, she quotes from Herrick, First wash thy hands in innocence, then bring Pure hands, pure habits, pure, pure everything, together on an album leaf 7½ x 4, no place, 19th and 20th May
Item Date: 1897
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Lady Martin's 'On Ophelia and Portia', letters to a friend, were privately printed by her husband in 1880, followed by 'Imogen' in 1882 and 'Rosalind'. Her book 'On Some of Shakespeare's Female Characters' was published by Blackwood in 1885.
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