Harlequin and the Flying Chest
Print
1823 (printed)
1823 (printed)
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Lithographed key to 'The Principal Objects in the Moving Diorama of the Plymouth Breakwater' in Harlequin and the Flying Chest, Drury Lane Theatre, 1823, painted by Clarkson Stanfield
Object details
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| Title | Harlequin and the Flying Chest (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph on paper |
| Brief description | Lithographed key to 'The Principal Objects in the Moving Diorama of the Plymouth Breakwater' in Harlequin and the Flying Chest, Drury Lane Theatre, 1823, painted by Clarkson Stanfield |
| Physical description | Key to 'The Principal Objects in the Moving Diorama of the Plymouth Breakwater' showing, from left, the Quarries at Oreston with workmen and a small ship, the Harbour of the Catwater and the entrance to Plymouth Hoe with houses and shipping, the Breakwater with, in the distance to the right, a ship in distress, and a wrecked vessel with broken masts on the shore, and a view of Plymouth. The individual parts of the diorama are identified by inscriptions beneath. The original folds in the paper are still apparent. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'THE KEY PLATE TO THE PRINCIPAL OBJECTS IN THE MOVING DIORAMA OF / THE PLYMOUTH BREAKWATER, / Painted by Mr Clarkson Stanfield, from Drawings taken by W.S. Reynolds Esq. & now Exhibiting at / THE NEW THEATRE ROYAL, DRURY LANE.' (Textual information; Upper left hand edge; Printing; Ink) |
| Credit line | Acquired from the Bagshawe Estate |
| Object history | Clarkson Stanfield had two children by his first marriage and ten by his second to Rebecca Adcock (d.1876). The theatre designs, S.13 - S.99-2000, and other Stanfield studio residue passed to the oldest surviving son of the second marriage, George Clarkson Stanfield (1828-78), also a painter. He died of liver disease at the Hampstead home of his sister, Harriet Thesesa (1837-1911). In 1861 Harriet had married William Henry Gunning Bagshaw (1825-1901), a barrister, QC and judge, and the couple had a large family, of whom the fifth child, Joseph John Richard Bagshawe (1870-1909), was also a professional artist. Joseph married in 1901 and had two sons, Edward and K.G.R., the latter becoming a solicitor in the firm of Seaton, Gray, Bell and Bagshawe at Whitby. The collection of Clarkson Stanfield designs (S.13 - S.99-2000) was discovered in K.G.R. Bagshawe's attic on the latter's death. It had presumably been left with his grandmother, Harriet, on George Stanfield's death and been passed down through the family. K.G.R.'s daughter, Susie, took the designs to Christie's for a probate valuation, and Christie's alerted Dr Pieter van der Merwe of the National Maritime Museum, an acknowledged expert on Clarkson Stanfield. Dr van der Merwe then contacted the Theatre Museum. The collection comprises working designs and model pieces made in the Drury Lane scene room from the mid-1820s to the mid-1840s. |
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| Literary reference | Harlequin and the Flying Chest |
| Summary | Lithographed key to 'The Principal Objects in the Moving Diorama of the Plymouth Breakwater' in Harlequin and the Flying Chest, Drury Lane Theatre, 1823, painted by Clarkson Stanfield |
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| Accession number | S.94-2000 |
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| Record created | October 25, 2000 |
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