Manuscripts

The Round Tower; or, Irish Fidelity, Songs in. Ballet pantomime. James C. Cross

Description

No application. Prod. (as The Round Tower; or, The Chieftains of Ireland) C.G., Nov. 24, 1797.

MS: dated by Larpent Nov., 1798 [changed to 1797]; note, C.G., Nov. 17, J. Hill, notifying Examiner for Mr. Lewis that title of the new ballet pantomime, of which I have sent you the Songs, is The Round Tower; or, Irish Fidelity; title inserted on cover by Larpent. Comp. The Round Tower; or, The Chieftains of Ireland, Circusiana, 1809 (K-D 428): a few differences.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 1186

Creator

Larpent, John (1741-1824)(Opens in new tab)

Provenance

Purchased with the Ellesmere collection from John Francis Granville Scroop Egerton, 3rd Earl of Ellesmere, through the agency of George D. Smith and Sotheby's of London, 1917. The collection was purchased by John Payne Collier. In 1853, he sold it to Francis Egerton, Viscount Brackley and 1st Earl of Ellesmere (1800-1857).

Associated organization

Great Britain.

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