Printed Ephemera — 1850-1872
Tinsel print
Theatrical souvenir plate engraved with a portrait of an unnamed actor in character role wrestling with a tiger. Spectacular combat scenes such as this were popular features of many nineteenth century performances. Applied to the portrait is clothing of pink silk embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments representing armour. The tiger is decorated with applied brushed cotton. The portrait has been cut from a paper sheet and mounted onto plain card. Such portraits would have been sold for 1d plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/1031
- Object name:
- tinsel print
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- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1850-1872
- Material:
paper, ink, silk, metal foil, cotton
- Measurements/duration:
- H 252 mm, W 198 mm
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- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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- License this image:
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