Autograph letter signed from Paul Spencer, Glasgow, to Mr. Pierce Egan, Dublin [manuscript], 1840 March 17.

1 leaf : ill. ; 63 x 49 cm

Written on the back of an illustration depicting a statue of the manager of the Theatre Royal [John Henry Alexander] being hoisted up to the top of the Theatre's facade and onto the level of statues of Shakespeare and Garrick, while a jeering mob watches on. The letter presents the caricature within, explaining that it illustrates their manager's impertinence in including himself among such theatrical luminaries.

Includes integral address leaf. Letter sent from Hutcheson St., Glasgow to The Theatre Royal, Dublin.

Great Britain -- Scotland -- Glasgow.
Ireland -- Dublin.

Y.c.5655

cs1085