Text / Henry Irving letter to Mrs. Wilkins, 1856 February 17

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Title: Henry Irving letter to Mrs. Wilkins, 1856 February 17
Creator: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
Date Created and/or Issued: 1856-02-17
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: Writing from London Irving discusses Wilkins' town, Irving's decision not to join the London Wall church, the issue of Sunday openings of public buildings and Charles Dickens' new work "written in favor of the opening." Signed J.H. Brodribb [Irving's birth name is John Henry Brodribb]. The postscript adds that the question has been decided "in favor of the opposing party." The letter is cross-written on two pages: pages 1, 2, 3, and 4 are written horizontally with pages 5 and 6 written vertically on pages 1 and 2 respectively.
Type: text
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: phl00029
http://ccdl.claremont.edu/cdm/ref/collection/phl/id/631
Language: English
Subject: Irving, Henry, Sir, 1838-1905
Dickens, Charles, 1837-1896
Crystal Palace (London, England)
National Gallery (Great Britain)
British Museum
Letters
Place: London (England)
Source: Handwritten letter, autographed: Philbrick Library of Dramatic Arts and Theatre History, Autograph letters box 7, folder 31; 4 pages

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