Printed Ephemera — 1830-1860
Tinsel print
Handcoloured theatrical souvenir portrait plate of an unnamed character on horseback. The portrait has been cut out from a paper sheet and stuck onto cardboard handcoloured with background scenery representing a battle. The portrait is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments notably on the character's armour, sword and horse livery. The character's clothing and the horse livery is of silk. Such portraits would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/816
- Object name:
- tinsel print
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1830-1860
- Material:
paper, card, ink, metal, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- H 263 mm, W 212 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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