Printed Ephemera — 1851-1875
Tinsel print
Handcoloured theatrical portrait print engraved with a portrait of the actress Mrs Egerton in the role of Helen Macgregor. The portrait is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornamentation on the dress accessories, armour and weapons and the clothing is of silk and cotton tartan. The portrait has been cut from a paper sheet and stuck onto card handcoloured with background scenery. Such portraits would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home. Coloured and sold wholesale and retail by Redington and King.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- NN32668
- Object name:
- tinsel print
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- King, Jonathan
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- Related events:
- Related places:
Camden, Hackney, 208 Hoxton Old Town, London; 45 Chapel Street, Somers Town, London [Camden]
- Production date:
- 1851-1875
- Material:
paper, cotton, silk, metal foil, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 276 mm, W 221 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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