Album
ca. 1820 (made)
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Album entitled The Harlequinade containing 16 hand-coloured illustrations depicting scenes from various late 18th and early 19th century pantomimes, featuring Harlequin, Columbine, the Clown and other popular characters, the pages bound together with tape.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Engraving, coloured, on paper |
| Brief description | Album entitled The Harlequinade, containing sixteen hand-coloured illustrations depicting scenes from the Harlequinades of various Regency pantomimes, ca.1820 |
| Physical description | Album entitled The Harlequinade containing 16 hand-coloured illustrations depicting scenes from various late 18th and early 19th century pantomimes, featuring Harlequin, Columbine, the Clown and other popular characters, the pages bound together with tape. |
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| Credit line | Accepted by HM Government in lieu of Inheritance Tax and allocated to the Victoria and Albert Museum, 1996 |
| Object history | Associated production: Harlequin and the Elfin Arrow, or, the Basket Maker and His Brothers; The Ocean Queen, or, Harlequin and the Enchanted Aloes; Harlequin and the King of Clubs, or, the Knave that Stole the Syllabubs; Harlequin and Little Bo-Peep, or, the Old Woman that Lived in a Shoe; Valkyrae, or, Harlequin, the Patriot Pole and the Maid of Muscovy; Goosey, Goosey, Gander, or, Harlequin and the Fairy of My Lady's Chamber; Little Thumb, or, the Seven Leagued Boots; Harlequin and the Royal Ram, or, the Brazen Dragon; Humpty Dumpty, or, Harlequin and the Fairy of the Enchanted Egg; Harlequin Traveller, or, the World Inside Out; Harlequin and the Witch of Edmonton, or, Nobody and His Wife; Puss in Boots, or, Harlequin and the Miller's Son; Harlequin Reformer, or, the World Turned Upside Down; Hop o' My Thumb; The Witch of the Volcano, or, the King of the Coral Isle; Old King Cole and His Fiddlers Three. |
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| Accession number | S.713-1997 |
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| Record created | October 20, 2009 |
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