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Mary Eastlake and Miss Clitheroe as Nelly Denver and Cissy in' The Silver Kin'g

Print
1883 (made)
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 of the day including a jockey, royalty, artists and authors. These versions of the colour lithographs, printed on art board and mounted in black mounts with facsimile signatures of the sitters, may well have been printed and sold by the Bijou Photo Company as an extra way of making money from the original artwork.


Object details

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Object type
TitleMary Eastlake and Miss Clitheroe as Nelly Denver and Cissy in' The Silver Kin'g
Materials and techniques
Ink on board
Brief description
Portrait of the actress Mary Eastlake (1855-1911) and Miss Clitheroe as Nelly Denver and Cissy in Henry Arthur Jones' and Henry Herman's play The Silver King, Princess's Theatre, 16 November 1882, signed by the artist Jack. Chromolithograph on board, originally produced by the Bijou Portrait Company, printed by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd., and issued as supplement no.5 to London Society Magazine, 3 February 1883.
Physical description
Colour lithograph portrait of Mary Eastlake and a girl. Printed on board and glued to a black mount with a window below the print displaying a print of a handwritten signature: 'Yours' Truly / Mary Eastlake'.
Dimensions
  • Portrait height: 22.5cm
  • Portrait width: 14.8cm
  • Printed name height: 4cm
  • Printed name width: 11.6cm
  • Total including mount height: 36.3cm
  • Total including mount width: 26.7cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'JACK.' (Artist's signature)
  • 'Yours' Truly / Mary Eastlake' (Written in pen and ink below print. )
Credit line
Given by Mrs Doris Thellusson
Subject depicted
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 of the day including a jockey, royalty, artists and authors. These versions of the colour lithographs, printed on art board and mounted in black mounts with facsimile signatures of the sitters, may well have been printed and sold by the Bijou Photo Company as an extra way of making money from the original artwork.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
S.904-2011

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Record createdOctober 14, 2011
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