Letters from Sarah Siddons to various recipients, 1783-1820.

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Letters from Sarah Siddons to various recipients, 1783-1820.

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Includes 19 autograph letters signed, 5 autograph letters (unsigned), 1 autograph letter initialled and 1 copy. Correspondents include Bridget Perceval, Countess of Egmont, Eva Garrick, Mary Gwatkin, Geo. Hardinge, Ann (Kemble) Hatton, Wm. Ingles, Mrs. Joye, Mrs. Lasking?, Christina Macready, Hester Thrale Piozzi, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Harriet Siddons, Lady Anne Culling Smith, Frances (Wynn) Soame, John Taylor, Abraham Valpy, Mrs. Whitley, Mrs. John Wilkinson, Sedgwick Whalley and others. An autograph of Sheridan Knowles and 2 newspaper cuttings are found with (10). In the letter to Mrs. Piozzi, Mrs. Siddons tells of the Covent Garden fire of 1808 (10). In the letter to Reynolds, 1783, Siddons requests that [Francis Haward] engrave the portrait "Tragic Muse" (13).

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Piozzi, Hester Lynch, 1741-1821

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Hester Lynch Thrale (born Hester Lynch Salusbury and after her second marriage, Hester Lynch Piozzi ) was a British diarist, author, and patron of the arts. Her diaries and correspondence are an important source of information about Samuel Johnson and eighteenth-century life. From the description of Autograph poem, unsigned, an adaptation of Francis Fawkes's "An Autumnal Ode, " no date [paper watermarked 1813]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754864928 From the description of...

Haward, Francis, 1759-1797

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Reynolds, Joshua, Sir, 1723-1792

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Taylor, John, 1757-1832

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English miscellaneous writer. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Golden Square [London], to J.B. Nicholls [sic], 1826 Sept. 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270574766 ...

Culling Smith, Anne, 1768-1844

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Soame, Frances Wynn, 18th/19th cent.

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Joye, Mrs., 18th/19th cent.

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Whitley, Mrs., 18th/19th cent.

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Egmont, Bridget Wynne Perceval, Countess of, -1826

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Covent Garden Theatre

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Thomas Harris, John Philip Kemble and others proprietors of the New Theatre Royal called Covent Garden Theatre. From the description of Grant for 85 years from Covent Garden Theatre to George Raikes of Cornhill, Esq. [manuscript], 1809 September 18. (Folger Shakespeare Library). WorldCat record id: 281643481 The Covent Garden Theatre was built by John Rich in London in 1732. Also known as the Royal Opera House. From the description of Documents concerning finance...

Gwatkin, Mary, 18th/19th cent.

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Ingles, William, 18th/19th cent.

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Knowles, James Sheridan, 1784-1862

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Epithet: dramatist; of Add MS 42712 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000753.0x000138 Anglo-Irish dramatist and actor. From the description of James Sheridan Knowles letter to unidentified recipient [manuscript]. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 181587980 Irish actor and author. From the description of Autograph letters signed (7) : Aberfoyle, Loch Ard Lodge, and Torq...

Whalley, Thomas Sedgwick, 1746-1828

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Macready, Christina Ann, 1765-1803

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Hatton, Ann Julia, 1764-1838

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Morrison, Alfred, 1821-1897

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Hardinge, George, 1743-1816

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Epithet: of Hargrave MS 301 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0002ef ...

Siddons, Harriet, 1783-1844

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Valpy, Abraham John, 1787-1854

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Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831

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Garrick, Eva Maria, 1724-1822

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Eva Garrick was the wife of British actor David Garrick. From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University, Wadsworth House). WorldCat record id: 70316245 From the description of Letters from various correspondents, 1775-1821. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612375098 Wife of David Garrick. From the description of Autograph note in third person : Adelphi, to "three dear and good friends", [after 1814] J...

Wilkinson, Sarah Maria, 1771 or 1772-1832

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Lasking, Mrs., 18th/19th cent.

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