Name/Title
Fanny Kemble: A Passionate VictorianEntry/Object ID
2004.009.001Description
Biography covering 83 years of Fanny Kemble's life. Mirrors the theater in England and America in the 1930s and 40s against a social and economic background of the period, and gives a new angle on the slave question and the Civil War.
vi, 387 p., port., 24 cm.Collection
Sally Reahard Book DonationAcquisition
Accession
2004.009.Source or Donor
Reahard, SallyAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Sally ReahardLexicon
Nomenclature 4.0
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Category 08: Communication ObjectsSearch Terms
Fanny Kemble, 1809-1893, Plantation owners' spouses--Georgia--History--19th century, British--Georgia--History--19th century, Actors--Great Britain--Biography, Great Britain--History--Victoria, 1837-1901--Biography, Actresses--Great Britain--BiographyBook Details
Author
Armstrong, Margaret, 1867-1944Publisher
MacMillan Co.Date Published
1938Publication Language
EnglishCall No.
PN2598 .K4 A8 1938Notes
Copy No.: 1Location
Location
Shelf
BooksRoom
Margaretta P. Childs ArchivesBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
PermanentDate
February 7, 2023Location
Room
Reahard RoomBuilding
Missroon HouseCategory
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2004.009.023, 2018.004.1Interpretative Labels
Label
PN
2598
.K4
A8
1938
c. 1
(SRR)General Notes
Note
Notes: Portrait of Fanny Kemble on frontispiece.
Illustrated lining papers.
Includes index.
On t.p., quote from F.K.: "The death I should prefer would be to break my neck off the back of a good horse at a full gallop on a fine day."
Inserted by donor between cover and cover page 5-page document entitled: "The Grolier Club, New York, N.Y., Prospectus for an Exhibition on the Life and Importance of Fanny Kemble (1809-1893)."
Status: ShelfCreated By
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June 9, 2004Updated By
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February 17, 2023