Adelina Patti scrapbook

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 24146D.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) 991026237602419
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1885-1892
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English French Spanish English, some French and Spanish.
  • Physical Description
    • 139 ff. including insertions (foliated 1-92) ; 275 x 220 mm.
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Scrapbook, 1885-1892, compiled by the amateur actor Augustus Spalding, a close friend and supporter of the opera singer Adelina Patti, containing press cuttings, photographs, printed items, letters and ephemera.
The volume contains material relating to Patti's wedding to Ernesto Nicolini (ff. 11 verso-12 verso, 12c, 13), various charity concerts in Swansea and Brecon (ff. 17-20, 30-31 verso, 41a-b, 42-43, 81-84 verso), her tour of South America in 1888 (in particular Buenos Aires and Montevideo) (ff. 32 verso-36, 39 verso-41 verso), engravings of Craig-y-Nos Castle (ff. 43 verso-45), her birthday party, 19 February 1889 (ff. 50 verso-51), performances at the Patti Theatre, Craig-y-Nos (ff. 62 verso, 67, 78-80 verso, 85), and the Grand Autumn Concert Tour of 1890 (f. 63 recto-verso), all being events in which Spalding participated. The majority of the material however relates to Spalding's acting activities as a member of the Old Stagers during the annual Canterbury Cricket Week, and with the Windsor Strollers.

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Acquisition Information

Mr Nicholas Costa; Paphos, Cyprus; Donation; January 2020; 991026237602419.

Note

Title based on contents.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

Repaired and re-backed at NLW, September 2020.

Archivist's Note

October 2021.

Description compiled by Rhys Jones.

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Custodial History

The volume was discovered by the donor's father in the basement of No. 51 Frith Street, Soho, London; it was in the donor's possession from the mid 1960s.

Additional Information

Published

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