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Sudeley Castle Exterior

The exterior of Sudeley Castle, where Katherine Parr lived and died.

Portrait of William Godwin

Portrait of William Godwin, philosopher and novelist, by James Northcote, oil on Canvas. On display in the National Portrait Gallery.

Home of Mary Wollstonecraft marked by brown plaque

Home of Mary Wollstonecraft marked by brown plaque in Oakshott Court. Plaque reads "In a house on this site lived Mary Wollstonecraft, author of "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman", 1759 - 1797. Camden London Borough Council." This is the location where Mary Shelley was born and Mary Wollstonecraft died.

Home of Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley marked by blue plaque

Home of Percy Shelley and Mary Shelley marked by a blue plaque in London, England. Plaque reads "Percy / Bysshe Shelley / 1792-1822 / Poet & Radical Thinker / & / Mary Shelley / 1797-1851 / Author of Frankenstein / lived in a house / on this site / 1815-1816." Photo taken by Sophia Vanderwaal

Home of Mary Shelley marked by blue plaque

Home of Mary Shelley marked by blue plaque in London, England. Plaque reads "MARY SHELLEY 1797-1851 Author of Frankenstein lived here 1846-1851." Photo taken by Sophia Vanderwaal.

Two Love Songs: medium voice

Two Love Songs composed by Maude Valérie White with words from other artists. The first movement is entitled "A Youth Once Loved a Maiden" and the second movement "When I Think On Happy Days". Pictures taken by Hannah Kelley in the British Library St. Pancras Reading Rooms.

Pictures from abroad : a set of fourteen pieces for the pianoforte

A set of fourteen pianoforte pieces by Maude Valérie White inspired by her extensive European travels.

I prithee send me back my heart. Canzonet, words by Sir J. Suckling.

An art song for the pianoforte and alto singer composed by Maude Valérie White while studying at the Royal Academy of Music in London. It feature words by Sir John Suckling.

Friends and Memories

A memoir of Maude Valérie White's life written in the early 1910s and published in 1914. It is the first of two memoirs White wrote and details her early life and career.

Tomb of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, William Godwin, and Mary Jane Godwin

Three sides of a grave stone for Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, William Godwin, and Mary Jane Godwin. The inscriptions are faded, the faces of the grave stone worn.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Portrait of Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie, oil on canvas, c. 1797.

Mary Shelley

Portrait of Mary Shelley, oil on canvas, c. 1831-1840.

Percy Bysshe Shelley

Portrait of Percy Bysshe Shelley by Alfred Clint, circa 1829, oil on canvas.

William Godwin's diary, 24-30 July 1814

Photograph of William Godwin's diary from 24-30 July 1814. The entry for the 28th reads "Five in the morning. Macmillan calls. M. J. to Dover"

Mary Shelley - Letter to Percy Bysshe Shelley (Audio)

"Shelley was now financially responsible for Mary and Claire as well as Harriet, who was heavily pregnant with their second child. Godwin refused to see him, but drew on his resources. Mary wrote this impassioned letter to Shelley when he was in hiding from his numerous creditors. They could meet only on Sundays, when it was illegal to make arrests for debt."

Percy Bysshe Shelley and Mary Shelley - Joint journal entry (Audio)

"Shelley and Mary eloped at 4.15 am on 28 July 1814, accompanied by Mary's step-sister Jane Clairmont. They were pursued by Mrs Godwin (Claire's mother), who caught up with them the following day at Calais, but failed to persuade them to return. On 2 August Shelley, Mary and Claire reached Paris, where they purchased this notebook. Shelley wrote up their dramatic flight from England, the stormy crossing (during which he began 'to reason upon death') and their arrival in France. Mary makes her first contribution to the journal by lightly completing a sentence: 'Mary was there. Shelley was also with me.'"

Mary Shelley - Journal of Sorrow (Audio)

"In the months immediately following Shelley's death Mary lived at Albaro on the outskirts of Genoa. Her only regular companions were her young son, Percy Florence, and the journal she began on 2 October 1822.

To this 'Journal of Sorrow' she confided her innermost thoughts: 'White paper - wilt thou be my confident? I will trust thee fully, for none shall see what I write.' To be sure, Mary would not have shared the entries she wrote immediately after Shelley's death, in which her remorse and despair sometimes approached hysteria. But she left no instructions for the 'Journal of Sorrow' to be destroyed after her death, and was perhaps reconciled to the idea that this, and her other journals, would eventually be seen by other eyes."

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