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Giuro alla terra.

Caricature Portrait Sketch
23 May 1844 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Alfred Edward Chalon, watercolour drawing of a trio, with French and Italian inscription.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • Giuro alla terra. (assigned by artist)
  • Trio executé par les Aignori Sola et Giorgio Samuel, à Tollington Park. La maison de plaisance d'Aususte Ironmonger Esquyer (alternative title)
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Brief description
Alfred Edward Chalon. "Giuro alla terra. Trio executé par les Aignori Sola et Giorgio Samuel, à Tollington Park. La maison de plaisance d'Aususte Ironmonger Esquyer". Drawing of a trio (and a fourth man) with French and Italian inscription, 1844.
Physical description
Alfred Edward Chalon, watercolour drawing of a trio, with French and Italian inscription.
Dimensions
  • Height: 21cm
  • Width: 29.8cm
Dimensions taken from Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983.
Marks and inscriptions
"Giuro alla terra. Trio executé par les Aignori Sola et Giorgio Samuel, à Tollington Park. La maison de plaisance d'Aususte Ironmonger Esquyer (sic) Le 23 Mai 1844."
Production
One of 100 assorted caricatures and sketches of opera, ballet and theatre performers, mostly made in London between 1820 and 1840.
Bibliographic references
  • Department of Prints and Drawings, Theatre Costume Design in the Victoria and Albert Museum Colour Microfiche, Emmett Microform, 1983
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, Department of Engraving, Illustration and Design & Department of Paintings, Accessions 1924, published under the Authority of the Board of Education, London, 1926.
Collection
Accession number
E.1009-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
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