print;
toy theatre
- Museum number
- 1886,0513.1775-1777
- Description
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Plates 1-3 of Jameson's Theatrical Characters in the play 'The Valley of Diamonds', for the toy theatre, the first with the characters Ali Avaricus, Pantaloon, Columbine, and a Clown, with two small scens of Sinbad dashed down the precipice, and Ali's Saloon; the second with Sindbad the Sailor, Harlequin, Mrs & Little Bull, Landlady of Lodginghouse, and Landlord of the George & Green Dragon; with small scene of Sindbad conveyed down to the valley by the Tremdous Rook; the third with Diamondella, a dancer, Lilliputian Sailor, and Pantaloon in a car drawn by a clown riding a rocking horse, travelling to Banburycross; with small scene of a palace; the first two plates hand-coloured, all published states. 1815
Etching and stipple with hand-colouring
- Production date
- 1815
- Dimensions
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Height: 230 millimetres
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Width: 183 millimetres (avg. plate)
- $Inscriptions
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- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1886
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1886,0513.1775-1777
