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Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Note: bottom of letter torn away; also signed by: Fanny Horatia Bacon Delane, 1818-1874, and Charlotte Augusta Sterky.
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A.L.S. (2 p.), London (Eng.). Note: addressed to "Sir and Gentlemen;" Sir John Thwaites and "…Members of the Metropolitan Board of Works Spring Gardens." A copy of the original letter; bottom portion of second page cur away, with no loss of text.
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A.L.S. (4 p.), London (Eng.). Note: top of second page has been cut to the fold, with no loss of text.
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A.L.S. (3 p.), London (Eng.). Note: with small tears to bottom of final page, with no loss of text.
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Note: photo by John & Charles Watkins. Acquired from I. K. Fletcher, Feb. 1950.
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The majority of the collection consists of manuscripts, correspondence, documents, drawings and ephemera directly related to James Robinson Planché and his work in the theatre, antiquarian pursuits, and costume expertise. Among the authors and correspondents are: John Baldwin Buckstone, William E. Gladstone, Benjamin Robert Haydon, Leigh Hunt, Ellen Kean, Frances Maria Kelly,Charles Kemble, Albert Denison (Baron Londesborough), Rosina Bulwer Lytton (Baroness Lytton), William Charles Macready, Richard Brinsley Peake, Jane Porter, David Roberts, William Makepeace Thackeray, and Carl Maria von Weber. The other main part of the collection is material, including fragments and clipped signatures, which were collected for the autograph value only, and have no relation to Planché or his work. Among these authors and correspondents are: Adelaide, Queen consort of William IV, William Blanchard, Richard Daly, Thomas Frognall Dibdin, George III, Edwin Henry Landseer, Robert Peel, William Pitt, Lucia E.B. Vestris, and Arthur Wellesley (Duke of Wellington). There is also a small group of letters written to Thomas Francis Dillon Croker, mainly regarding Planché and his work and family. The ephemera consists of printed material, including printed play texts, newspaper clippings, a scrapbook, and printed musical scores.
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