Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1863 (made)
Artist/Maker
E. J. Bath (printers (people))
Place of origin
London (made)

Pictorial and typographic.


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Advertising
Theatre
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Ink
Paper
Printing
Brief description
Poster advertising Mother Brownrigg, The Painter's Wife of Fetter Lane, or, The Murder of Mary Clifford at the Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, 1863
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 74.6cm
  • Poster width: 50.6cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
The poster includes an announcement of a reward of 100 pounds to anyone who can 'write a more thrilling, soul-stirring, and truly picturesque drama...'. Associated Production: Mother Brownrigg, The Painter's Wife of Fetter Lane, or, The Murder of Mary Clifford. Pavilion Theatre, Whitechapel, London. 1.8.1863. Performance category: drama. This play was based on a true story of the torture by the Brownrigg family of their apprentice, Mary Clifford. Mother Brownrigg was hung at Tyburn in 1767.
Production
43 Leman Street, Whitechapel
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.1662-1995

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Record createdJuly 29, 2010
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1166679/poster-e-j-bath/
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