Papers, 1593-1824 (inclusive), 1794-1813(bulk).

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Papers, 1593-1824 (inclusive), 1794-1813(bulk).

Seven scrapbooks of Shakespeare forgeries created by William Henry Ireland,most of them extra-illustrated with original Ireland family manuscripts and artwork.

7 volumes (1.3 linear ft.)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6384850

Houghton Library

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Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823

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John Philip Kemble (1 February 1757 – 26 February 1823) was a British actor. He was born into a theatrical family as the eldest son of Roger Kemble, actor-manager of a touring troupe. His elder sister Sarah Siddons achieved fame with him on the stage of the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. His other siblings, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, also enjoyed success on the stage. He was manager of the Drury Lane and Covent Garden theatres in London, where his reforms ...

Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603

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Elizabeth, daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn was born at Greenwich on 7 September 1533. She was the half-sister of the elder Mary (1516-1558) and the younger Edward (1537-1553). In her early years she acquired knowledge of Latin, French, and Italian, and showed proficiency in music. Her governesses and tutors tended to adhere to Reformation principles. Identification with Protestantism aroused the suspicions of Mary, a Catholic, on her succession after the death of Edward, even though she h...

Henry VII, King of England, 1457-1509

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Accession date: 1485 Places: England Title: King of England and Lord of Ireland British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000472.0x000024 ...

Ireland, W. H. (William Henry), 1777-1835

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English forger of Shakespeare manuscripts. From the description of Autograph forgery in the form of an autograph receipt signed by William Shakespeare : [London], [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269518423 English forger. From the description of Autograph letter signed : [London], to Mrs. Colepeper, 1825 July 28. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269528697 William Henry Ireland, English writer and literary forger. From the description of W...

William Henry Ireland's

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Wright, John

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N. Depuis Jr.

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John Skelton.

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Jane Linley Nash.

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Samuel Ireland.

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David Garrick

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Isabella Hallam Mattocks.

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Benjamin Johnson (1664 or 5-1742).

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Henry Percy, Earl of Northumberland

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John Milton

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Leonard Roper

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A. Mills.

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Ireland, Samuel, -1800

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Samuel Ireland (d. 1800) was an engraver and publisher in London, England. He was also a collector of books and prints. In his later years, Ireland's reputation was ruined by his involvement in the forgery of Shakespeare manuscripts produced by his son, William Henry Ireland (1771-1835) James Edward Oglethorpe, 1696-1785, was an English general, philanthropist, and founder of the colony of Georgia in America. From the description of Etching of General James O...

Percy, Thomas, 1729-1811

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Thomas Percy was the editor of the Reliques of ancient English poetry and of The Regulations and establishment of the household of Henry Algernon Percy (London, 1770). From the description of Thomas Percy letter, Northumberland House [London], to Dear Sir, [1767] Saturday, May 9. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 38929735 Epithet: Bishop of Norwich British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/...

Worthington, Richard, 1949-

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Mrs. Freeman

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Wright, Christopher, Ph.D.

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Peter Pindar.

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Ridley & Blood

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Owen Rees

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Winter, Robert

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Richard Amcotte

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Asperne, James

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Fawkes, Guy, 1570-1606

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British conspirator. From the description of Collection concerning Guy Fawkes, 1593-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450217 Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. I British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x00010e Epithet: of Stowe MS 168 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000981.0x00010f ...

Caldecott, Thomas, 1744-1833

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Leicester family.

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Ireland, Anna Maria

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Mr. Powell

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Henry St. John, Viscount Bolingbroke

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Sir Philip Sidney

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Carr, William, 1884-1985

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James Roberts, 1725-1799

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Winter, Thomas, Master of Arts

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James Shury.

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Enoch Seeman.

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Hans Holbein, 1497-1543

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Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

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drawing

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Amelia, Princess of Great Britain.

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Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, 1594-1612

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Son of James I. From the description of Portion of a Latin exercise signed : [n.p., n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270891835 From the description of Document : Westminster, to the treasurer of the exchequer, 1606 Feb. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270890484 Places: Wales Epithet: son of James I Title: Prince of Wales British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Albany Wallis

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Carr, John

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Powell, Foster

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J. Ryland

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Bates, Thomas, -1770

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Mary, Queen of Scots, 1542-1587

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Henrietta Maria, Queen, consort of Charles I, King of England.

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John Opie.

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Skeffington, William Charles Farrell, Sir, 1742-1815

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Charles Dibdin.

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James Gillray

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Thomas Warton.

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Tasso, Torquato, 1544-1595

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Italian poet. From the description of Autograph receipt signed : Ferrara, 1574 Oct. 4. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270580487 ...

Fox, Charles James, 1798?-1874

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Thomas Meres

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William Caxton

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Powell, Mr.

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Paul Sandby.

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Eldridge.

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Thomson, Joseph

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James Hopwood

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James Thomson.

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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764

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William Hogarth was a British painter and engraver. From the description of Scrapbook, [ca. 1750-ca. 1820]. (Winterthur Library). WorldCat record id: 122370890 Epithet: RC Bishop of Hexham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000626.0x00038e British painter and engraver. From the description of Draft manuscript, ca. 1753. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83983462 Epithet: fish...

Henry II King of England.

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Stanier.

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W. (William) Linley

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Ireland family

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William Ridley

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Richard II, King of England.

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Carr, Benjamin

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Philadelphia composer, organist, and music publisher. From the description of Letters to John Rowe Parker, 1818-1822. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63615083 Composed 1799 on the death of George Washington. This arrangement 1975. First performance of this arrangement Richmond, Virginia, 1 December 1975, Richmond Sinfonia, Jacques Houtmann conductor, Sandra Ruggles soprano.--Cf. Fleisher Collection. From the description of Dead march &am...

Catesby, Robert, 1573-1605

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Inigo Jones.

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Abraham Newland.

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Humphrey, Hannah

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George, George C.

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Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616

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William Shakespeare was likely born April, 23, 1564; he was baptized in Stratford-upon-Avon on April 26, 1564. He grew up, had a family, and bought property in Stratford while working in London, the center of English theater. As an actor, a playwright, and a partner in a leading acting company, he became both prosperous and well-known. His parents were John and Mary Shakespeare. John was a leatherworker and involved in local politics, first becoming an alderman and eventually a town bailiff. ...

Thomas Sheridan, 1775-1819

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Philip, Jean

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Nicholas Hilliard

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Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850

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Richard Westall.

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Harcourt, George Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1736-1809

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British colonel. From the description of Autograph letter signed : St. Croix, to Lord Castlereagh, 1808 May 15. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270503831 ...

Ireland, William Henry, 1775-1835

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Samuel Whitbread.

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Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool.

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Ambrose Dudley, Earl of Warwick.

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Ireland, Jane

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Thomas, Beach

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Isaac Oliver.

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Lake, James Winter, Sir, 1745-1807

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Jane Ireland.

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Drury Lane Theatre

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The Drury Lane Theatre in London is the oldest English theater still in use. From the description of Financial records, 1747-1817. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78201833 From the guide to the Financial records, 1747-1817., (Harvard Theatre Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University) The performances took place at the King's theatre, Haymarket and at the Lyceum between 1809 and 1812. Some of Benjamin Wyatt's plans for the rebuilding of...

John Oxacrofte

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J. Mills

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Blake, Sarah

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George, Rose, 1969-....

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Henry V, King of England.

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Byng, John, Viscount Torrington, 1743-1813

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Father to George Byng, Viscount Torrington, 1824. From the description of Autograph note in the third person : to Sir Peter Burrell. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270132393 ...

Charles I, King of England.

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George Vertue.

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Meres, Anthony

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Beaumont, John Thomas Barber, 1774-1841

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Linley, Jane

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James? Heath.

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Mackenzie, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d8918q (person)

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Newton, John Frank, 1766-1837

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John Frank Newton, English author and proponent of vegetarianism. From the guide to the John Frank Newton manuscript material : 2 items, 1817-1818, (The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.) Epithet: vegetarian British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001390.0x0002e9 ...

Hollar, Wenceslaus

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Robert Sidney, Earl of Leicester.

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Tomkins, Peltro William, 1759-1840

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Epithet: Engraver British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000211.0x000313 ...

Chatelain, Jean-Baptiste-Claude, 1710-1771

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Westall, Richard, 1765-1836

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Epithet: of Add MS 37880 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001295.0x00007d Historical painter, book illustrator, and instructor in painting and drawing. From the description of Letters, 1793-1825, n.d. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78472289 English painter. From the description of Signature only from an autograph letter : [n.p.], to the President and Council of the Royal Academy,...

Lockley, John.

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George Clifford, Earl of Cumberland.

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Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester.

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Marsh, Charles, 1735-1812

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Samuel Drummond.

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Katharine Willoughby Brandon, Duchess of Suffolk

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Henry Wriothesley, Earl of Southampton.

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Henry Dundas, Viscount Melville.

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Benjamin, Ralph, 1922-....

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Sarah Siddons.

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Harris, T. Thomas d. 1820

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