Cartoon of Henry Lytton as The Duke of Plaza Toro, Bertha Lewis as The Duchess of Plaza Toro, and Winifred Lawson as Casilda in The Gondoliers
Drawing
ca.1930 (drawn)
ca.1930 (drawn)
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Henry Lytton (1865-1936), the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company performer associated with the company for over 50 years, is seen in this cartoon with the soprano Winifred Lawson (1892-1961) and the contralto Bertha Lewis (1887-1931). Lytton joined the company in 1884 and first played The Duke of Plaza Toro in 1890; Lawson was a principal soprano for the company from 1922 until 1932, and Bertha Lewis was principal contralto for the company from 1909 until her death in a car accident in May 1931. They are shown wearing the costumes designed by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) that were first seen at the Savoy Theatre in October 1929.
Tom Titt was the pseudonym of the Polish artist Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski (1885-1956), born in Warsaw, who came to England to study art at the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1907. His cartoons first appeared in 1911 in the British weekly magazine The New Age, and in 1930 he became the theatrical caricaturist for The Tatler, a post he held until 1948.
Tom Titt was the pseudonym of the Polish artist Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski (1885-1956), born in Warsaw, who came to England to study art at the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1907. His cartoons first appeared in 1911 in the British weekly magazine The New Age, and in 1930 he became the theatrical caricaturist for The Tatler, a post he held until 1948.
Object details
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| Title | Cartoon of Henry Lytton as The Duke of Plaza Toro, Bertha Lewis as The Duchess of Plaza Toro, and Winifred Lawson as Casilda in <i>The Gondoliers</i> (generic title) |
| Brief description | Cartoon of Henry Lytton (1865-1936) as The Duke of Plaza Toro, Bertha Lewis (1887-1931) as The Duchess of Plaza Toro, and Winifred Lawson (1892-1961) as Casilda in The Gondoliers by Gilbert and Sullivan. Pen, ink and gouache by Tom Titt (Jan Stanislaw De Junosza Rosciezewski) (1885-1996) drawn for publication in The Tatler, ca.1930 |
| Physical description | Pen and ink cartoon of Henry Lytton as The Duke of Plaza Toro, Winifred Lawson as Casilda, and Bertha Lewis as The Duchess of Plaza Toro in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company production of Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Gondoliers, standing. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Peter Parker |
| Object history | This drawing was inherited by Peter Parker, who bequeathed it to the museum, from his father Stanley H. Parker (d.1960) who was employed by the Savoy Hotel as a junior clerk in May 1909, straight from school. From that job, on the death of Helen D'Oyly Carte in 1913, he was appointed by Rupert D'Oyly Carte to understudy George A. Richardson who managed the theatre from November 1911 to February 1915. In 1913 Stanley H. Parker became Rupert and (later) Bridget D'Oyly Carte's private secretary, also secretary of both the Savoy Theatre Ltd., and the Opera Company. He worked for the company for 51 years, until his death in 1960. |
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| Summary | Henry Lytton (1865-1936), the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company performer associated with the company for over 50 years, is seen in this cartoon with the soprano Winifred Lawson (1892-1961) and the contralto Bertha Lewis (1887-1931). Lytton joined the company in 1884 and first played The Duke of Plaza Toro in 1890; Lawson was a principal soprano for the company from 1922 until 1932, and Bertha Lewis was principal contralto for the company from 1909 until her death in a car accident in May 1931. They are shown wearing the costumes designed by Charles Ricketts (1866-1931) that were first seen at the Savoy Theatre in October 1929. Tom Titt was the pseudonym of the Polish artist Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski (1885-1956), born in Warsaw, who came to England to study art at the Regent Street Polytechnic in 1907. His cartoons first appeared in 1911 in the British weekly magazine The New Age, and in 1930 he became the theatrical caricaturist for The Tatler, a post he held until 1948. |
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| Accession number | S.1047-2021 |
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| Record created | September 6, 2021 |
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