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Creator
Date
[ca. 1750-1889, bulk 1801-1889]
Location
No place, unknown, or undetermined
Media format
Mixed materials
Extent
ca. 8,000 items
Language
English
Genre
Communications
Music
Performance materials
Promotional materials
Art
Music
Performance materials
Promotional materials
Art
Reference IDs
Folger bibliographic ID: 244692
Folger call number: For access to a finding aid for manuscripts in this collection, follow the Linked Resources hyperlink
Folger holdings ID: 310361
Folger call number: For access to a finding aid for manuscripts in this collection, follow the Linked Resources hyperlink
Folger holdings ID: 310361
Summary
Materials assembled by the music printer and composer William Henderson and originally intended for publication. The bulk of the collection consists of 7,188 playbills. Also includes portraits and significant manuscript material: over 500 autograph letters of actors, authors, composers and artists, along with annotations, clipped signatures, and fragments of manuscript music. The materials concern the progress music on the British stage from the mid-18th through the 19th centuries, productions of Shakespeare's plays and 5 plays relating to Shakespeare, stage adaptations of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley novels, and Scottish plays (or plays containing Scottish characters)
Notes
General notes
Portions of Mus 1-23, Sc 1-9, and W 1-15 also available as a digital reproduction Owned by Augustin Daly Purchased from the American Art Galleries, March 19, 1900 (lot 2652), as part of the sale of Augustin Daly's letters and papers
Subjects
Related names
compiler: Henderson, William, 1831-1891
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899
subject: Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616
former owner: Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899