Printed Ephemera — 1865-1876
Mr E.F.Saville as Jack Sheppard
Small, handcoloured theatrical souvenir print engraved with a portrait of the actor Mr E.F. Saville as Jack Sheppard. The portrait is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments notably on the sword, gun and dress accessories. The clothing is of cotton and silk; the hat and boots of black paper. The portrait has been cut from a paper sheet and mounted on card handcoloured with background scenery, it forms part of a tableau beside two other tinsel portraits mounted behind a single cardboard frame. Such portraits would have been sold plain for colouring and tinselling at home. Below the title is printed 'London Published by J.Redington 73 Hoxton'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/955
- Object name:
- Mr E.F.Saville as Jack Sheppard
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- Artist/Maker:
- Redington, John
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- Production date:
- 1865-1876
- Material:
- paper, metal foil, silk, cotton, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 140 mm, W 100 mm (approx)
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
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- Copyright holder:
- digital image © London Museum
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