Ye Old Woodman
Costume Design
ca.1860 (designed)
ca.1860 (designed)
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This is a design by Richard Wynn Keene or Dykwynkyn (1809-1887), for a character in an un-named pantomime, ca.1860. Since the artist has probably cut the original title off from the top sheet and attached it to a support sheet on which he has written the name: 'Ye Old Woodman', it seems likely that he was re-using a design he had done previously for a differently-named character. In an article of 1867 the playwright T.W. Robertson described Dykwynkyn as 'the presiding genius of all theatrical Christmas revels.'
For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene.
For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene.
Object details
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| Title | Ye Old Woodman (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pencil and watercolour on paper |
| Brief description | Costume design for Ye Old Woodman, a character in a pantomime, ca.1860. Pencil and watercolour by Dykwynkyn - Richard Wynn Keene (1809-1887) . |
| Physical description | Pencil and watercolour costume design on cream paper of a perplexed-looking grey-haired bearded old man with his right hand to his head, holding the handle of an axe in his left hand. He is wearing a fur-trimmed cape, fur-trimmed gloves and fur-topped boots, and a fur-trimmed belted jacket over voluminous trousers tucked into his boots. His fur-trimmed hat is lying on the ground behind him, and the head of the axe is resting on the ground in front of his left foot which stands on an artist's palette signed in ink: 'Dykwynkyn'. The sheet of paper with this design was originally glued to another support sheet, which is captioned in red watercolour with a brush. |
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| Summary | This is a design by Richard Wynn Keene or Dykwynkyn (1809-1887), for a character in an un-named pantomime, ca.1860. Since the artist has probably cut the original title off from the top sheet and attached it to a support sheet on which he has written the name: 'Ye Old Woodman', it seems likely that he was re-using a design he had done previously for a differently-named character. In an article of 1867 the playwright T.W. Robertson described Dykwynkyn as 'the presiding genius of all theatrical Christmas revels.' For his pantomime work Keene used the name Dykwynkyn which he characteristically signed on an artist's palette on the ground. He was also responsible for designs for a number of other lavish productions of the day, and for these he was billed as Mr. R.W. Keene. |
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| Accession number | S.249-2011 |
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| Record created | May 24, 2011 |
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