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George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection

Print
1852 (published)
Artist/Maker
The Literary Gazette (publisher)
The Illustrated London News (publisher)
Place of origin
London (published)

Print portraying the Marionette Theatre, at Adelaide Street, Strand. Possibly cutting from The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Lettres, Science and Art, London on 19th January 1852. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Puppetry
Prints
Object type
Print
TitleGeorge Speaight Punch & Judy Collection (named collection)
Materials and techniques
Printing in on paper glued to another paper
Paper
Ink
Printing
Brief description
Print portraying the Marionette Theatre, at Adelaide Street, Strand. Possibly cutting from The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Lettres, Science and Art, London on 19th January 1852. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Physical description
Print portraying the Marionette Theatre, at Adelaide-Street, Strand. A newscutting entitled 'The royal Maionette Theatre' is glued on the bottom of page.
Dimensions
  • Height: 19.1cm
  • Width: 16cm
  • Total with mount height: 33.9cm
  • Total with mount width: 21cm
Credit line
Accepted by HM Government in Lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the V&A in 2010.
Place depicted
Marionette Theatre, Adelaide Street, Strand
Summary
Print portraying the Marionette Theatre, at Adelaide Street, Strand. Possibly cutting from The Literary Gazette, and Journal of Belles Lettres, Science and Art, London on 19th January 1852. George Speaight Punch & Judy Collection.
Associated object
S.664:1-2010 (Copy)
Other number
19th century marionettes file
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1097-2010

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Record createdJune 21, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1160165/george-speaight-punch--judy-print-the-literary-gazette/
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