A Loose Brick (a little Tight) with an Inlaid Tile
Costume Design
ca.1860 (designed)
ca.1860 (designed)
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This is a design by Richard Wynn Keene or Dykwynkyn (1809-1887), for a character in an un-named pantomime, ca.1860. Although the pantomime is unknown, there were similar brick characters designed by Dykwynkyn in Harlequin and the House that Jack Built, or, Old Mother Hubbard and her Wonderful Dog,Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 26 December 1861, which included a vision featuring a Mason, Drainpipes, a Carpenter, a Hodman, an Old Brick and a Young Shaver, Liliputian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Miniature Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers and Child Carpenters played by: 'a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries.' In an article of 1867 the playwright T.W. Robertson described Dykwynkyn as 'the presiding genius of all theatrical Christmas revels.'
For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene.
For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene.
Object details
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| Title | A Loose Brick (a little Tight) with an Inlaid Tile (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design for A Loose Brick (a little Tight), a character in a pantomime, possibly Harlequin and the House That Jack Built, or Old Mother Hubbard and her Wonderful Dog, Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 26 December 1861. Pencil and watercolour by Dykwynkyn - Richard Wynn Keene (1809-1887) . |
| Physical description | Pencil and watercolour costume design on cream paper captioned in blue and red watercolour lettered with a brush: 'A LOOSE BRICK (a little tight) WITH AN INLAID TILE' showing a one-eyed brick on legs with a tile balanced on his hat. He is smoking a clay pipe, carrying what appears to be the bowl of another clay pie in his right hand, and empting a bottle onto the ground from his left hand. His left foot stands on an artist's palette signed in ink: 'Dykwynkyn'. There is a rough pencil sketch verso of what could be a brick, and the pencilled name: 'Grainger'. |
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| Summary | This is a design by Richard Wynn Keene or Dykwynkyn (1809-1887), for a character in an un-named pantomime, ca.1860. Although the pantomime is unknown, there were similar brick characters designed by Dykwynkyn in Harlequin and the House that Jack Built, or, Old Mother Hubbard and her Wonderful Dog,Theatre Royal Drury Lane, 26 December 1861, which included a vision featuring a Mason, Drainpipes, a Carpenter, a Hodman, an Old Brick and a Young Shaver, Liliputian Labourers, Pigmy Plasterers, Tiny Tilers, Miniature Masons, Baby Bricklayers, Short Sawyers, Dwarf Drain Makers and Child Carpenters played by: 'a Host of Juvenile Auxiliaries.' In an article of 1867 the playwright T.W. Robertson described Dykwynkyn as 'the presiding genius of all theatrical Christmas revels.' For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene. |
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| Accession number | S.247-2011 |
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| Record created | May 23, 2011 |
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