Name/TitleMary Lamb
EditionNew
MakerGilchrist, Anne (Mrs)
Maker RoleAuthor
About this objectHardback book with burgundy covers titled 'Mary Lamb' by Mrs Gilchrist. Part of the Eminent Women Series edited by John H. Ingram. The contents include details of Mary Lamb's parentage and childhood; the birth of her brother Charles; correspondence with Coleridge, Dorothy Wordsworth, Sarah Stoddart, the Hazlitts and others; Mary's illness, time in an asylum, and recovery; an essay on needlework; and the last days and deaths of Charles and Mary.
Medium and MaterialsOrganic, board and paper
MeasurementsH: 193 x W: 128 x D: 15 mm
Date Made1889
PeriodLate 18th - early 19th century
Place MadeEngland, London
Place NotesW.H. Allen & Co., 13 Waterloo Place, London, S.W.
PublisherW.H. Allen & Co
Publication Date1889
Publication PlaceEngland, London
Series TitleEminent Women Series
Subject and Association Descriptionhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lamb:
Mary Anne Lamb (3 December 1764 – 20 May 1847) was an English writer. She is best known for the collaboration with her brother Charles on the collection Tales from Shakespeare (1807). Mary suffered from mental illness, and in 1796, aged 31, she stabbed her mother to death during a mental breakdown. She was confined to mental facilities for most of her remaining life. She and Charles presided over a literary circle in London that included the poets William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge, among others [continues].
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's history
Subject and Association Keywords(auto) biography
Subject and Association Keywordswomen's writing & literature
Subject and Association Keywordshealth - mental wellbeing
Named CollectionGlasgow Women's Library
Object TypeBook
Object numberGWL-2025-86-1
Copyright LicenceAll rights reserved