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The English Tenor

Print
late nineteenth century (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Chromolithograph of Sims Reeves, Harry Beard Collection.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleThe English Tenor (published title)
Materials and techniques
Chromolithograph
Brief description
Portrait of Sims Reeves by Leslie Ward (1851-1922) known as 'Spy'. Published by Vanity Fair on 10 May 1890, Harry Beard Collection
Physical description
Colour llithograph of the operatic tenor and concert performer Sims Reeves singing 'My Pretty Jane, or The Bloom is on the Rye' with words by Edward Fitzball and music by Henry Rowley Bishop
Dimensions
  • Print size height: 41.6cm
  • Print size width: 27.7cm
Subject depicted
Literary referenceSpy
Summary
Chromolithograph of Sims Reeves, Harry Beard Collection.
Associated object
Other number
F.76-23 - H Beard collection numbering
Collection
Accession number
S.1778-2009

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Record createdJanuary 30, 2009
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