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Title: Sarah Siddons letter to Lady Perceval
Creator: Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831
Date Created and/or Issued: after 1808-09-20
Publication Information: Honnold Mudd Library. Special Collections
Contributing Institution: Claremont Colleges Library
Collection: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Honnold Mudd Library Special Collections at https://library.claremont.edu/scl/
Description: Sarah Siddons writes Lady Perceval, godmother to her daughter, Cecilia, with concern for the health of Mrs. Soame, Lady Perceval's aunt, and recommends a prescription to ease her discomfort. Siddons comments on the 1808 destruction of Covent Garden Theatre by fire and the loss of all costumes and jewelry. She writes of the courage of her actor-manager brother J. P. Kemble.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00210
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/1323
Language: English
Subject: Health
Fires
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Combe, Cecilia, 1794-1868
Covent Garden Theatre
Letters
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed, 4.5 x 7.13 inches: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 18, folder 11; 4 pages
Relation: Philbrick Library Collection of Theater Letters - https://ccdl.claremont.edu/digital/collection/phl

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