Manuscripts

Impressions du Theatre: six sonnets

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Description: Sonnets are written about characters acted by Sarah Bernhardt and Ellen Terry.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Production date: 1879-1881.
Call number: mssHM 462
Creator: Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Provenance unknown. In library as of September 1929.
Restrictions: Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
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Sonnets 16 and 23: facsimile

Manuscripts

A one page facsimile of two sonnets by John Milton; the four corners of the page have been trimmed and appear to have been removed from an album. Sonnet 16 is "To the Lord General Cromwell, May 1562..." and Sonnet 23 "Methought I saw my late espoused saint..." was created around 1658 following the death of Milton's second wife, Katherine Woodcock, who died from childbirth; there is an incorrect note, in pencil, this sonnet referred to Milton's third wife. Both sonnets are autograph and there is a pencil note the sonnets are in the hand of "Milton's daughter" but does not identify the daughter by name.

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Sonnets 16 and 23: facsimile

Manuscripts

mssHM 84106

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Dame Ellen Terry papers

Manuscripts

The papers consist of correspondence, manuscripts, photographs, and ephemera. The largest group of letters were written by Ellen Terry to Clement Scott, drama critic; the remainder of the items consist of letters and manuscripts written by various people and, for the most part, deal with Terry's life on the stage, her celebrated roles, and her fellow actors and actresses. One letter of interest was written by Terry and discusses her thoughts, motivations, and fears upon acting Lady Macbeth for the first time. The collection also includes three undated photographs of Ellen Terry.

mssHM 60355-60392

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Dame Ellen Terry papers

Manuscripts

mssHM 60355-60392

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James Whittaker biography

Manuscripts

This typescript was written by the granddaughters of James Whittaker, Charlotte Chatterley Perkins Jones and Hattie Maria Thornton Snow. This biographical account discusses James' preparation for and emigration to Utah and his work in Cedar City. It also provides details about the lives of his four children, Ellen, James, Mary, and Sarah.

mssHM 66676

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William Sams papers

Manuscripts

A collection of letters addressed to William Sams from artists, writers, actors, playwrights, composers, and singers; some of the letters include short poems and envelopes. The letters are written by, among others, John B. Buckstone, Wilkie Collins, Charles Dickens, John Pritt Harley, Charles Kean, Ellen Kean, Mary Keeley, Robert Keeley, Dame Madge Kendal, Thomas Landseer, Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron, Charles Mathews, Sarah Jane Mellon, John Everett Millais, James Robinson Plancȟ, and William Makepeace Thackeray.

mssHM 15984-16052

Impressions du Theatre: six sonnets

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