Manuscripts

Sweethearts and Wives. Operatic comedy, 3 acts. James Kenney

Description

No application. Prod. H2, July 7, 1823.

MS: dated, by Larpent, H2, June 21. Comp. Songs, Duets, Chorusses, &c., &c., in...Sweethearts and Wives, 1823 (K-D 536): six songs printed not in MS, three in MS not printed; slight differences between some of those that appear in both versions.

Type

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Production date

1737-1824.

Call number

LA 2358

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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