Printed Ephemera — 1838-12-17
Mr T.P. Cooke as Vanderdecken
Theatrical souvenir print engraved with a portrait of the actor Mr T.P.Cooke in the role of Vanderdecken. Published December 17th 1838 by A Park. Such portraits would have been sold plain for colouring and tinselling at home. This portrait has been hand coloured.
Cooke was famous for his appearances in nautical dramas and for playing supernatural villains, so the role Vanderdecken, the captain of the Flying Dutchman, was a good fit. Edward Fitzball's The Flying Dutchman, was first produced in 1826 and Cooke was praised by The Weekly Dramatic Register for "his signs, his attitudes, his fine form, and the varied, but powerful, expression of his countenance".
- Category:
- Printed Ephemera
- Object ID:
- 99.132/1096b
- Object name:
- Mr T.P. Cooke as Vanderdecken
- Object type:
- Artist/Maker:
- Park, Archibald Alexander
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- Related places:
47 Leonard Street, London EC2 [City of London], City of London
- Production date:
- 1838-12-17
- Material:
paper, ink
- Measurements/duration:
- H 248 mm, W 209 mm
- Part of:
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- On display:
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- Record quality:
- 100%
- Part of this object:
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- Owner Status & Credit:
Permanent collection
- Copyright holder:
digital image © London Museum
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