Autograph letter signed from Peter Killigrew to his sister [manuscript], 1676 March 14.
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Autograph letter signed from Peter Killigrew to his sister [manuscript], 1676 March 14.
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Killigrew, Peter, active 17th century, correspondent.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
Pirie, Robert S., former owner.
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Great Britain
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V.a.663
Folger-specific note
Sotheby's catalog description: Authograph letter signed, to "Deare Sister". Providing an eye-witness account of the opening night of The Man of Mode ("...It is writ by Etheridge, noe deep plot, but a great deale of witt..."), 2 pages, 4to (185 x 150 mm), Axe Yard, Westminster, 14 March 1676; some browning, slight adhesive traces on verso, trimmed at edge not affecting text. Green cloth folding-box and morocco backed-slipcase. Sotheby's catalog note: This sir Fopling Flutter makes at present all the discource, to discover the persons meant by it I find the general opinion will have Sir Fopling to be Mr Villiers, Lord Grandisons eldest son. Mr Batterton under the name of Dorimant meanes the Duke of Monmouth ... though Sir Fopling, speaking the Epilogue protests he is Knight of the Sheere & represents them all. & concluding that nothing was there of what was feard, for noe one for was hunted from the heard..." A lively account of one of the greatest restoration comedies. The first performance of Etherege's The Man of Mode was at the Duke of York's Theatre on 11 March 1676. The author of this letter, Peter Killigrew, has been identified as one of the five sons of Sir Robert Killigrew (1579-1633), whose brothers included the dramatists Thomas (1612-83) and William Killigrew (1606-95). Acquired at the Robert S. Pirie sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2-4 December 2015, lot 353. Sotheby's catalog provenance: John R.B. Brett-Smith, (1917-2003; Sotheby's, 27 May 2004, lot 224). acquisition: Purchased at the foregoing sale through Bernard Quaritch. Adopted by Twiss and Patrick Butler, Acquisitions Night 2016.
Folger accession
269369