Printed Ephemera — 1851-1875
Miss M. Woolf as Joe Jessamy
Handcoloured theatrical souvenir print engraved with a portrait of the actress Miss M Woolf in the role of Joe Jessamy. The portrait is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments notably on the dress accessories and weapons. The clothing is of cotton. The portrait has been cut from a paper sheet and mounted on card hand coloured with background scenery. Such portraits would have been sold plain for colouring and tinselling at home. Marked 'Coloured & sold wholesale & retail by Redington and J.King'.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- A7107
- Object name:
- Miss M. Woolf as Joe Jessamy
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
- Related people:
- Related events:
- Related places:
Camden, Hackney, 208 Hoxton Old Town, London; 45 Chapel Street, Somers Town, London [Camden]
- Production date:
- 1851-1875
- Material:
paper, ink, metal foil, cotton
- Measurements/duration:
- H 268 mm, W 215 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 80%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
- —
- License this image:
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