print;
toy theatre
- Museum number
- 1886,0513.1736-1737
- Description
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Plates 1 and 3 of Jameson's Theatrical Characters in the play 'Harlequin & Fancy, or the Poet's Last Shilling', for the toy theatre; the first with the characters the Distress'd Poet, Harlequin, Fancy, a kangaroo, and Whim, with a small scene of the menagerie; the third with a clown as Blackheath Pedestrian, a peacock, a lover, a clown and poulterer, changed to game cocks; both hand-coloured, published states. 1816
Etching and stipple with hand-colouring
- Production date
- 1816
- Dimensions
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Height: 231 millimetres
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Width: 185 millimetres (avg. plate)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1886,0513.1736-1737
