Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, extra-illustrated
Overview
Manuscripts inserted into Thomas Moore, Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan (London : Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1825), including engravings, mezzotints, portraits, views, playbills, autograph letters and original drawings.
Dates
- Creation: various dates
Language of Materials
Collection materials are in English.
Conditions Governing Access
These volumes are shelved in Widener Library in the Harry Elkins Widener Room. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff to determine retrieval policies and times.
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material.
Extent
1 linear feet (9 volumes)Contains 400 items, including engravings, mezzotints, portraits, views, playbills, autograph letters and original drawings. The original drawings include portraits of Madame de Maintenon, Lee Lewes, Thomas A. Arne, Frederick Henry Yates, actress Lessingham, Bishop Samuel Horsley and Charles, Duke of Norfolk. The letters and manuscripts include a large part of Elizabeth Ann Linley's correspondence, before and after her marriage to Sheridan; Sheridan's letters and endorsements of theatrical plans; letters from Thomas Moore, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Johnson, Charles James Fox, William Pitt, Warren Hastings and others; and a convocation signed by First Consul Bonaparte, Saint-Cloud (15 fructidor, an XI).
Arrangement
Organized into the following series:
- Letters
- Illustrations
Physical Location
Widener Memorial Room
Immediate Source of Acquisition
From the Harry Elkins Widener Collection.
Processing Information
In 2020-2022, as part of a conscious and inclusive re-description effort, entries were updated to include a woman's first name when identified.
- Title
- Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan, extra-illustrated: Guide.
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard College Library
- Language of description
- und
- EAD ID
- hou01538
Repository Details
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