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Creator
Date
1856-1858
Location
Manchester,
England
Great Britain
Great Britain
Media format
Manuscript text
Extent
5 items
Language
English
Size
18 x 12 cm to 20 x 13 cm
Genre
Art
Communications
Communications
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 228503
Folger call number: Y.c.2260 (1-5)
Folger holdings ID: 260412
Accession Number: no case or acc. number present
Folger call number: Y.c.2260 (1-5)
Folger holdings ID: 260412
Accession Number: no case or acc. number present
Summary
Correspondents: George Scharf (1-4) and William Bodham Donne (5). (1-2) largely deal with The winter's tale, with passing references to Hamlet and Merchant of Venice as well. (4), a fragment of a letter, concerns costumes for Iris, Ceres and Juno in The tempest and is illustrated with simple sketches of Juno on leaf 1v. Also mentions John Mitchell Kemble's death. (5) includes Donne's impressions of Kean's King Lear. Letters from Scharf written from 1 Torrington Square, National Portrait Gallery and the offices of the Exhibition of Art Treasures of the United Kingdom, Manchester; letter from Donne written from 9, the Grove, Blackheath. Some letters undated
Also known as
Extended title: Autograph letter signed to Charles Kean from various correspondents 1856-1858
Subjects
Related names
correspondent: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
subject: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
subject: Scharf, George, 1820-1895
subject: Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Juno (Roman deity)
subject: Kemble, John Mitchell, 1807-1857
correspondent: Scharf, George, 1820-1895
correspondent: Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882
subject: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
subject: Scharf, George, 1820-1895
subject: Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882
depiction: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
depiction: Juno (Roman deity)
subject: Kemble, John Mitchell, 1807-1857
correspondent: Scharf, George, 1820-1895
correspondent: Donne, William Bodham, 1807-1882