Florence Gerard as the Hon. Mrs. George d'Alroy in Caste
Print
1883 (made)
1883 (made)
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This image was originally produced from a photograph by The Bijou Photo Studios which operated at 204 Regent Street from 1883 until 1885. Its proprietor William Morris Crouch (1846-1907) worked as a portrait painter in Devon and in Liverpool before moving to London and taking over James Henderson's long-established photographic studio in Regent Street and renaming it the Bijou Photo Studio. In 1883 a series of 52 so-called Bijou Portraits printed by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd. was issued weekly, from 6 January to 29 December 1883, with facsimile signatures and quotations relating to the subject, as a supplement to the Saturday weekly London Society Magazine. The images were mostly of theatrical personalities but included other personalities of the day including a jockey, royalty, artists and authors. These versions of the colour lithographs, printed on art board and mounted in black mounts with facsimile signatures of the sitters, may well have been printed and sold by the Bijou Photo Company as an extra way of making money from the original artwork.
Object details
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| Title | Florence Gerard as the Hon. Mrs. George d'Alroy in Caste (named collection) |
| Materials and techniques | Ink on board |
| Brief description | Portrait of the actress Florence Gerard as the Honourable Mrs. George d'Alroy in T.W. Robertson's play Caste, Haymarket Theatre, 20 January 1883, signed by the artist Jack. Chromolithograph on board, originally produced by the Bijou Portrait Company, printed on paper by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd., and issued as a supplement no.11 to London Society Magazine, 17 March 1883. |
| Physical description | Colour lithograph portrait of Florence Gerard (Gerrard). Printed on board and glued to a black mount with a window below the print displaying a print of the facsimile signature: 'Yours Faithfully / Florence Gerard'. |
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| Credit line | Given by Mrs Doris Thellusson |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | This image was originally produced from a photograph by The Bijou Photo Studios which operated at 204 Regent Street from 1883 until 1885. Its proprietor William Morris Crouch (1846-1907) worked as a portrait painter in Devon and in Liverpool before moving to London and taking over James Henderson's long-established photographic studio in Regent Street and renaming it the Bijou Photo Studio. In 1883 a series of 52 so-called Bijou Portraits printed by Charles Goodall & Son Ltd. was issued weekly, from 6 January to 29 December 1883, with facsimile signatures and quotations relating to the subject, as a supplement to the Saturday weekly London Society Magazine. The images were mostly of theatrical personalities but included other personalities of the day including a jockey, royalty, artists and authors. These versions of the colour lithographs, printed on art board and mounted in black mounts with facsimile signatures of the sitters, may well have been printed and sold by the Bijou Photo Company as an extra way of making money from the original artwork. |
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| Accession number | S.888-2011 |
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| Record created | September 21, 2011 |
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