Rare pairing of ink signatures, "Wm. Wordsworth, Rydal Mount" and "William Wordsworth, Esq're, with the affectionate regards of Felicia Hemans,” on opposite sides of an off-white 4 x 2.75 slip. In fine condition, with a rusty circular paperclip impression to the top and mounting remnants to edges.
Wordsworth (1770-1850) was a celebrated English poet and author who, with Samuel Taylor Coleridge, helped to launch the Romantic Age in English literature with the publication of Lyrical Ballads (1798).
Hemans (1793-1835) was a popular female poet who was highly regarded by contemporaries such as William Wordsworth and Percy Bysshe Shelley. Both autographs are rather scarce, making this an exceptionally desirable combination.
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