Printed Ephemera — 1850-1865
Tinsel print
Handcoloured theatrical souvenir print engraved with a portrait of an unnamed actor in character role. The portrait has been cut from a paper sheet and mounted onto card handpainted with background scenery. The portrait is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments notably on the weapons and dress accessories. The clothing is of silk & cotton. Such portraits would have been sold plain for colouring and tinselling at home. The style of the background scenery implies the portrait was sold by John Redington.
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/907
- Object name:
- tinsel print
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Redington, John
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- Production date:
- 1850-1865
- Material:
paper, metal foil, cotton, silk, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 288 mm, W 227 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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