Handbill
circa 1846 (printed)
Handbill advertising Harold Pyott, The English Tom Thumb, at the Egyptian Hall, London, ca.1846.
According to the handbill, the English Tom Thumb's 'REPRESENTATION OF THE DEATH OF / SHAW, THE LIFE GUARDSMAN, / Has been pronounced by the Public to be Inimitable, / HIS OTHER / SCENES IN FULL COSTUME! / WITH / SONGS AND DANCES / ARE / SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, / THE SOMERSETSHIRE POACHER. / JOHN BULL!! / THE BRITISH SAILOR!! / NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE!'. The bill reprints some of the press opinions, in which he is described as thirty four inches high and sixteen years old.
According to the handbill, the English Tom Thumb's 'REPRESENTATION OF THE DEATH OF / SHAW, THE LIFE GUARDSMAN, / Has been pronounced by the Public to be Inimitable, / HIS OTHER / SCENES IN FULL COSTUME! / WITH / SONGS AND DANCES / ARE / SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, / THE SOMERSETSHIRE POACHER. / JOHN BULL!! / THE BRITISH SAILOR!! / NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE!'. The bill reprints some of the press opinions, in which he is described as thirty four inches high and sixteen years old.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Printing ink on paper |
| Brief description | Handbill advertising Harold Pyott, The English Tom Thumb, at the Egyptian Hall, London, ca.1846 |
| Physical description | Handbill advertising The English Tom Thumb, at the Egyptian Hall, London, ca.1846. Letterpress. |
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| Summary | Handbill advertising Harold Pyott, The English Tom Thumb, at the Egyptian Hall, London, ca.1846. According to the handbill, the English Tom Thumb's 'REPRESENTATION OF THE DEATH OF / SHAW, THE LIFE GUARDSMAN, / Has been pronounced by the Public to be Inimitable, / HIS OTHER / SCENES IN FULL COSTUME! / WITH / SONGS AND DANCES / ARE / SIR ROGER DE COVERLEY, / THE SOMERSETSHIRE POACHER. / JOHN BULL!! / THE BRITISH SAILOR!! / NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE!'. The bill reprints some of the press opinions, in which he is described as thirty four inches high and sixteen years old. |
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| Accession number | S.1216-2011 |
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| Record created | December 28, 2011 |
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