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Specchi, her first appearance on any stage

Caricature Portrait Sketch
1828-1829 (made)
Artist/Maker
Chalon, Alfred Edward (made by)
Place of origin
England (made)

Alfred Edward Chalon, watercolour drawing of female opera singer Specchi in her first appearance on stage.


Object details

Categories
Theatre
Caricatures & Cartoons
Portraits
Drawings
Dance
Opera
Object type
Caricature portrait sketch
TitleSpecchi, her first appearance on any stage
Materials and techniques
watercolour
Watercolour
Watercolour Drawing
Brief description
Alfred Edward Chalon, drawing of [the female opera singer] Specchi, 1820s.
Physical description
Alfred Edward Chalon, watercolour drawing of female opera singer Specchi in her first appearance on stage.
Dimensions
  • Height: 12.1cm
  • Width: 6.3cm
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
"Specchi, her first appearance on any stage - a bad [?] Spec. Opera. Feb 28.th 182-"
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
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.944-1924

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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