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Christmas pantomimes at the London Theatres

Maker

(artist)
1870-1954

Title

Christmas pantomimes at the London Theatres

Date of Production

(December) 1891

Medium

graphite, pen and grey ink, grey wash, white bodycolour on card, laid down on board

Dimensions

Height: 18.8 cm
Width: 28.1 cm

Accession Number

D.1978.XX.4

Mode of Acquisition

Witt Library, transfer, 1978 (circa)

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

Not currently on display

Keywords






Pantomimes

Provenance

H.J. Cornish Collection; presented to Hampstead Public Library, 1928; transferred to the Courtauld Institute of Art, Witt Library in 1966; transferred to The Courtauld Gallery from the Witt Library circa 1978

Inscriptions

Watermark: Watermark: unable to check due to board.

Inscription: Recto: all within the drawing, black ink, artist’s hand: upper left edge: “THE KNAVE OF HEARTS / (MR FRED WALTON). EATS THE TARTS.”; upper centre: “THE WOOiNG OF / PRINCESS ALLFAIR.”; upper right edge: “A FAIRY QUEEN. (MISS NORA WILLIAMSON)"; upper right: “THE KING & QUEEN OF HEARTS RETURN FROM / THE WARS.”; centre: “MR / DAN / LENO.”; right centre: “MR HERBERT / CAMPBELL.”; left lower edge: “DOLLS.”; lower left edge: “PRINCESS / ALLFAIR (MISS MARIE LLOYD).”; lower centre: “KING DULCIMAR. / (MISS FANNIE LESLIE).”; lower right: “HUMPTY / DUMPTY. / (LITTLE TICH)”; lower right corner, signed: “Reginald / Cleaver.”. Board support, Recto: lower left, brown ink: ““Drury Lane Pantomime”” and in the same hand at lower right: “R. Cleaver”. Board support, Verso: centre, black ballpoint, Witt negative number: “914/7(8)”.

Stamp: Board support, Recto: lower centre, purple ink: "HAMPSTEAD PUBLIC LIBRARIES / LOCAL COLLECTION. / H.J. CORNISH COLLECTION. / 1928.”.

Collector's mark: none.

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