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Charles Glenney as Don Juan in 'Much Ado About Nothing'

Print
18 August 1883 (published)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This image was originally produced from a photograph by The Bijou Photo Studios which operated at 204 Regent Street from 1883 until 1885. Its proprietor William Morris Crouch (1846-1907) worked as a portrait painter in Devon and in Liverpool before moving to London and taking over James Henderson's long-established photographic studio in Regent Street and renaming it the Bijou Photo Studio. In 1883 a series of 52 so-called Bijou Portraits printed by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd. was issued weekly, from 6 January to 29 December 1883, with facsimile signatures and quotations relating to the subject, as a supplement to the Saturday weekly London Society Magazine. The images were mostly of theatrical personalities but included other personalities including a jockey, royalty, and authors.


Object details

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Object type
TitleCharles Glenney as Don Juan in 'Much Ado About Nothing'
Materials and techniques
chromolithograph, ink on paper
Brief description
Portrait of the actor Charles Glenny as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing at the Lyceum Theatre, 11 October 1882. Bijou Portrait no.33 printed by C. Goodall & Son, and published in London Society Magazine, 18 August 1883.
Physical description
Full length, chromolithographic colour portrait of Mr C. Glenny as Don John in Much Ado About Nothing at the Lyceum Theatre.
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 25.8cm
  • Print size width: 16.2cm
  • Total including mount height: 33.6cm
  • Total including mount width: 25.7cm
Subject depicted
Literary referenceMuch Ado About Nothing
Summary
This image was originally produced from a photograph by The Bijou Photo Studios which operated at 204 Regent Street from 1883 until 1885. Its proprietor William Morris Crouch (1846-1907) worked as a portrait painter in Devon and in Liverpool before moving to London and taking over James Henderson's long-established photographic studio in Regent Street and renaming it the Bijou Photo Studio. In 1883 a series of 52 so-called Bijou Portraits printed by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd. was issued weekly, from 6 January to 29 December 1883, with facsimile signatures and quotations relating to the subject, as a supplement to the Saturday weekly London Society Magazine. The images were mostly of theatrical personalities but included other personalities including a jockey, royalty, and authors.
Other number
F.107-61 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.4491-2009

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Record createdAugust 7, 2009
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