print; book-illustration

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Object Type: print; book-illustration
Museum number: 1924,0308.138-187
Description: Bound volume of 50 prints, Richard James Lane's 'Theatrical Sketches' (London: John Mitchell, 1838); portraits of famous actors as characters from Shakespeare plays, Talfourd's "Ion", Byron's "Werner" and Rooke's "Amilie", title page a sketch of the Earl of Murcia with "Peeping Tom", frontispiece missing. Bound in green fabric with gold tool floral decoration, and gilt paper edging. Lithograph
Producer name: Print made by: Richard James Lane; Printed by: J Graf; Published by: John Mitchell
School/style: British
Production date: 1838
Production place: Published in: London (England)
Materials: paper
Technique: lithograph
Dimensions: Height: 378 millimetres (volume); Width: 267 millimetres
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Curator's comments: One actor unidentified. Fragile binding. Cataloguing supported by the Pilgrim Trust
Location: Not on display
Subjects: theatre/theatrical life
Associated names: Associated with: William Shakespeare; Associated with: Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd; Associated with: Lord Byron (George Gordon Noel Byron, 6th Baron Byron); Associated with: William Michael Rooke; Portrait of: Charles Mayne Young; Portrait of: Priscilla Reed; Portrait of: Charles Kemble; Portrait of: Harriette Deborah Lacy; Portrait of: George Bartley; Portrait of: William Farren II; Portrait of: Lucia Elizabeth Vestris; Portrait of: Charles James Mathews; Portrait of: John M Vandenhoff; Portrait of: William Charles Macready; Portrait of: Ellen Kean; Portrait of: Sarah Smith; Portrait of: John Langford Pritchard; Portrait of: Drinkwater Meadows; Portrait of: George Bennett (?); Portrait of: John Howard Payne (?); Portrait of: Jane Shirreff; Portrait of: John Cooper; Portrait of: Lady Helena Martin; Portrait of: James P Warde; Portrait of: John Pritt Harley; Portrait of: Mary Amelia Warner; Portrait of: James R Anderson; Portrait of: Mr Diddear; Portrait of: Eliza Phillips; Portrait of: Emma Murray; Portrait of: Henry Phillips; Portrait of: John Wilson; Portrait of: B Manvers; Portrait of: Paul Bedford; Portrait of: George Stretton; Portrait of: Adam Leffler; Portrait of: Charles Kean; Portrait of: Charlotte Elizabeth Vandenhoff; Portrait of: Mrs Mary Ann Keeley
Associated titles: Associated Title: Theatrical Sketches; Associated Title: Ion; Associated Title: Werner; Associated Title: Amilie, or the Love Test
Acquisition name: Donated by: Sydney Nicholson
Acquisition date: 1924
Department: Prints and Drawings
Registration number: 1924,0308.138-187

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