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Highlights of the Collection
| Kean's snuff box, 1821
On lid: Mr Kean as Richard III.
A label inside the box reads: 'Edmund Kean as Richard III. Given by him to Joseph John Gissing, after his lst appearance at Drury Lane Theatre, as Richard 3, in 1821. Born 1787. Died at Richmond 1833. J.J.G.'s grand daughter Florence Gissing gave box to Dorothy E. Johnston 1920 who gave it to her mother B.H. Johnston.'
Kean's first appearance in that place and role was in 1814.
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