Charles Kean, 1860
Scope and Contents
A collection of 6 items related to English actor Charles Kean. One complete letter in his hand, dated 1860 and addressed to a “Mr Millward” has a portrait of Kean (apparently clipped from a newspaper) glued to it, and is accompanied by two signatures (themselves removed from two other letters and glued together), a small printed photograph, and a short handwritten biography. Each of the items shows evidence of adhesive on the back, indicating that they may have once been in a scrapbook, commonplace book, or similar.
Dates
- 1860
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Charles John Kean (1811-1868) was an Irish-born English actor, known for his Shakespearean revivals.
Extent
From the Collection: 30 Cubic Feet (68 boxes)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
From the Collection: Latin
From the Collection: French
From the Collection: Italian
From the Collection: Welsh
From the Collection: Danish
From the Collection: Swedish
From the Collection: Spanish
From the Collection: German
From the Collection: Norwegian
From the Collection: Persian
From the Collection: Japanese
From the Collection: Russian
From the Collection: Greek, Ancient (to 1453)
Creator
- From the Collection: Scheetz, Nicholas B., 1952-2016 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository
Lauinger Library, 5th Floor
37th and O Streets, N.W.
Washington DC 20057
speccoll@georgetown.edu