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The Frozen deep : autograph manuscript of the play, 1856.

BIB_ID
108318
Accession number
MA 81.10
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1856.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1890.
Description
1 item (55 p.) ; 27.9 cm
Notes
Part of a collection of 14 items related to Collins's "The Frozen Deep."
This is the original draft, in Collins's hand, as written in 1856 and first performed in Dickens' house on Jan, 6, 1857. With the names of the actors, and extensive additions and corrections in the autograph of Dickens.
Provenance
Sale (London, Sotheby's, 18 June 1890, with lot 3); purchased by Pierpont Morgan from Pearson, 1890.
Summary
A play loosely inspired by the loss of Sir John Franklin's Arctic expedition in 1845.