LEMON (Mark, 1809-1870, Founding Editor of ‘Punch' and ‘The Field’)

Autograph Letter signed to S. C. Scoles apologising for troubling him “but the wind has taken the liberty of removing two or three of our ridge tiles. Will you be kind enough to remember this. I should be glad to have the outside of the house repainted this spring. Should it be agreeable to you to do so I will paint & paper the interior. I shall be glad to know yr determination at your earliest leisure...”, 2 sides 8vo., Monday, no date

Lemon was an actor of ability, a pleasing lecturer and a successful impersonator of Shakespearian characters. He played in the 1851 production of Not So Bad As We Seem, a play written by Edward Bulwer featuring many notable Victorians, including Charles Dickens. He also wrote novelettes and lyrics, over a hundred songs, a few three-volume novels, several Christmas fairy tales and a volume of jests. He was a stalwart of the London gentlemen's Savage Club.

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