Miscellany of Mrs. Anne (Jackson) Mathews [manuscript], 1817-ca. 1859.

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Miscellany of Mrs. Anne (Jackson) Mathews [manuscript], 1817-ca. 1859.

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This common-place book no doubt occupied the actress (wife and biographer of the actor, Charles Mathews) during a considerable period of her life. The contents are varied, but mainly prose, from both old and recent works, including Shakespeare and many recent novels, plays, biographies, and letters. From the fact that M.a.145 is labeled "Extracts &c Vol. 12" and M.a. 147 "Extracts &c. Vol. 15" it may be assumed that these six volumes represent but a small part of Mrs. Mathew's work. The volumes may be arbitrarily arranged as follows: M.a.143 Paper watermarked with date "1817." Titled "Extracts, Reflections &c. of Anne Mathews." An extract copied from "Farmer's tour to the Levant. 1820" p. 237. Contents largely extracts from the Greek and Latin classics and from earlier English literature. Half red roan. 24 x 20 cm. (M.a. 144) Paper watermarked with date "1817" but of a different mark than that of v. 1. Bound in morocco and stamped "Anne Mathews." An extract copied from "Blackwood's Magazine of February, 1858" (p. 286). Refers to her husband (p. 157, 172) and to her half-sister, Frances Maria Kelly (p. 134-135). Full red roan. 24 x 19 cm. (M.a.145) Paper watermarked with date "1821." An extract "From the Autobiography of Caroline Fry written in 1839," i.e. Caroline Fry Wilson, Autobiography, 1848, on p. 26. "Edwards in Life of Scott 1818, p. 169, speaking of my husband ... 'Chas. Mathews,' " p. 206. Half red roan. 22.5 x 18.5 cm. (M.a.146) Paper watermarked with dates "1821" and "1822." "Extracts from the Life of Talleyrand by M. Colmache, 1850," leaf 51v. Half red roan. 23 x 18.5 cm. (M.a.147) Paper watermarked with date "1828." "A portrait in 1859," p. 306. Half black roan. 23.5 x 18.5 cm. (M.a.148) Watermark undated. On flyleaf "A.M. 1826." Half black roan. 20 x 16.5 cm.

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Colmache, M., active 19th century

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Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835

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Fry, Caroline, 1787-1846

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Kelly, Frances Maria, 1790-1882

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Frances Maria Kelly (1790-1882) was a British actress & singer. From the description of Letter from Frances Maria Kelly to Robert William Elliston, 1822. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 81092583 Frances Maria "Fanny" Kelly, English actress and singer. In 1819 she rejected a marriage proposal from the essayist Charles Lamb, but remained friends with him and his sister Mary. From the description of Frances Mari...

Mathews, Mrs. (Anne Jackson), 1782?-1869

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Anne Jackson Mathews, English actress. She was the second wife of the English comedian Charles Mathews. From the description of Anne Jackson Mathews manuscript material : 9 items, 1844-1854 (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 745123701 Epithet: widow of Charles James Mathews British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000135.0x000011 ...

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. ...