Smith, Emma Hamilton. Autograph letters signed from Emma Hamilton Smith, Plymouth, to Charles John Kean and Ellen Kean

Folger bibliographic ID: 228499
Folger call number: Y.c.2342 (1-6)
Folger holdings ID: 260408
Accession Number: no case or acc. number present

(1-5) are to Charles John Kean. (1-4) concern the research Smith and her father, Charles Hamilton Smith, did for Kean's production of The winter's tale. With (2), watercolors of Longbeard Odin with one eye, Manci?, Thor, Thor's hammer, and pillar god. (5) concerns Dryden's King Arthur and a drawing her father made of a hall described in the Edda. (6), addressed to Mrs. Kean, mentions Charles Kean's Louis XI, Hamlet, and Lear. With the exception of (2) and (3), dated June 22nd, 1855 and July 11th, 1855 respectively, the letters are undated. Address on all letters: Park Street

Extended title: Autograph letters signed from Emma Hamilton Smith, Plymouth, to Charles John Kean and Ellen Kean 19th century

Smith, Emma Hamilton, active 19th century Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868 Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880 Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Winter's tale Dryden, John, 1631-1700. King Arthur Edda Sæmundar

correspondent: Smith, Emma Hamilton, active 19th century
subject: Smith, Emma Hamilton, active 19th century
subject: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
subject: Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
correspondent: Kean, Charles John, 1811?-1868
correspondent: Kean, Ellen, 1805-1880
associated with: Smith, Charles Hamilton