Sought-after 3.75 x 2.25 envelope panel addressed to a noted Shakespearean actor and signed in black ink, "Charles Kemble Esquire, Theatre Royal, Covent Garden, London, Charles Dickens." Reverse of envelope postmarked September 5, 1842. In fine condition, with light handling wear.
Kemble was a Welsh-born English actor from a family of celebrated stage actors, which included siblings John Philip Kemble, Stephen Kemble, and Sarah Siddons. He was also married to English actress, singer, dancer and comic playwright Marie Thérèse Du Camp. A boldly penned example dating not long after his first American tour and shortly before he began working on A Christmas Carol.
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