A New Edition and Biography
In 1892 the first significant collection of Severn's papers was published by William Sharp in The Life and Letters of Joseph Severn. Modern critics have cast doubt on the accuracy of Sharp's transcriptions and noted important omissions and embellishments. In 2005, Grant F. Scott published Joseph Severn: Letters and Memoirs in which he re-edited the original material, added hundreds of newly discovered letters, included numerous reproductions of Severn's paintings, and prefaced this material with a critical introduction and commentary. Sue Brown's recent biography (2009) uses this new information to provide a reassessment of Severn's character, his friendship with Keats, and his own subsequent artistic and diplomatic career.
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