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Fragment of Keats Manuscript for Sale

The Director advised the Committee of the upcoming auction of a fragment of hand written manuscript that formed a part of Keats’s poem ‘I stood tip-toe upon a little hill’. He added that whilst a valuable item, the piece had no direct connection to the House, there was currently little prospect of reuniting the other fragments and for that reason the City would not bid for the item.

The Director further advised that his department would maintain a watchful eye on the auction catalogues for further Keats related items, particularly those that were related to his time spent at the House.