Autograph letter signed from Ellen Terry, London, to Frances Carr, Chiswick [manuscript], 1892 February 18.

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Autograph letter signed from Ellen Terry, London, to Frances Carr, Chiswick [manuscript], 1892 February 18.

Writes to express her delight with "the beautiful embroidery of [her] dress for Queen Katherine" and sends a box for Henry VIII the following Saturday. On printed stationery of 22, Barkston Gardens, Earls Court S.W. With original envelope and a photograph of "Miss Ellen Terry as 'Queen Katherine'" in Henry VIII.

2 leaves ; 19 x 12 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7998272

Folger Shakespeare Library

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