Printed Ephemera — 1851-1870
Tinsel print
Handcoloured theatrical souvenir print engraved with a portrait of an unnamed actor dressed as a soldier. The portrait has been cut out and mounted on card. The uniform is of cotton and silk embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments. Such prints would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/874
- Object name:
- tinsel print
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- —
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- Production date:
- 1851-1870
- Material:
paper, ink, metal foil, cotton, silk
- Measurements/duration:
- H 233 mm, W 154 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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