SNUFF BOX, 1821On lid: Mr Kean as Richard IIIA 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.ūs grand daughter Florence Gissing gave box to Dorothy E. Johnston 1920 who gave it to her mother B.H. Johnston.' Keanūs first appearance in that place and role was in 1814.
