Monody on the death of Thomas Campbell, author of the "Pleasures of hope." /
Beattie, William,1793-1875.
Hamilton, Louisa A. M.,former owner.StEdNL
[London : s.n.,
1844?]
Privately printed and distributed funeral monody by William Beattie on Thomas Campbell. Beattie (physician and also a poet) had accompanied his friend to Boulogne, where Campbell died on 15 June 1844. The elegy was composed in October in London and presumably printed there soon afterwards. The last page carries "Notes to the text", and an appeal for subscriptions to "The Campbell Monument", which was to be erected in Westminster Abbey. Campbell was buried in Poets' Corner on July 3rd 1844, and a statue by W. C. Marshall commemorates him there.
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Dated at end: London, October, 1844.
A list of members of a committee to erect a memorial to the poet: page [8].
Privately printed and distributed funeral monody by William Beattie on Thomas Campbell. Beattie (physician and also a poet) had accompanied his friend to Boulogne, where Campbell died on 15 June 1844. The elegy was composed in October in London and presumably printed there soon afterwards. The last page carries "Notes to the text", and an appeal for subscriptions to "The Campbell Monument", which was to be erected in Westminster Abbey. Campbell was buried in Poets' Corner on July 3rd 1844, and a statue by W. C. Marshall commemorates him there.
Manuscript inscription on page 1 "To Louisa A. M Hamilton / with the author's best wishes". Louisa was the daughter of the British Consul at Boulogne, William Hamilton (1790-1877).
Campbell, Thomas, 1777-1844
England London.