Printed Ephemera — 1831-1840
Miss Fanny Kemble as Juliet
Handcoloured theatrical souvenir plate engraved with a portrait of the actress Miss Fanny Kemble in the role of Juliet. The engraving is signed 'P Roberts' referring to the engraver or artist. Such sheets would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home.
Fanny Kemble came from a theatrical family, and made her stage debut as Juliet at the Covent Garden theatre on 26th October, 1929. Kemble acted until 1834 when she retired from the stage to marry an American. During their marriage she spent several months living on his Georgia plantation. Kemble's husband kept slaves and Kemble wrote a journal about the enslaved people's living conditions and treatment. Kemble left her husband and published her journals after the start of the American Civil War. In 1877 Kemble returned to London with her daughter.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/494
- Object name:
- Miss Fanny Kemble as Juliet
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Hodgson, Orlando, Roberts, P.
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- Related places:
22 Macclesfield Street, City Road, London [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1831-1840
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 238 mm, W 195 mm
- Part of:
- —
- On display:
- —
- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
- —
- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
- Image credit:
- —
- Creative commons usage:
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- License this image:
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