Leon Errol
Print
1922 (published)
1922 (published)
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Al Frueh (1880-1968) was an American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. This print forms part of a portfolio of caricatures, Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures by Frueh, published by Lieber & Lewis in 1922. It was exhibited at the Theatre Museum in Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, in 1990.
This print shows Leon Errol (1881-1951) who began his career in Music Hall and Vaudeville in Australia. His first appearance in New York was in Ziegfeld Follies of 1910, June 1910, and in London in the revue Joy Bells at the Hippodrome in 1919. This print shows Errol in the revue Hitchy-Koo by MacDonough and Hubbell at the Globe Theatre in New York, 1918.
This print shows Leon Errol (1881-1951) who began his career in Music Hall and Vaudeville in Australia. His first appearance in New York was in Ziegfeld Follies of 1910, June 1910, and in London in the revue Joy Bells at the Hippodrome in 1919. This print shows Errol in the revue Hitchy-Koo by MacDonough and Hubbell at the Globe Theatre in New York, 1918.
Object details
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| Title | Leon Errol (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Linocut, printed ink on paper |
| Brief description | Colour linocut by Al Frueh of Leon Errol in the revue Hitchy-Koo at the Globe Theatre, New York in 1918, published 1922 |
| Physical description | Linocut caricature of Leon Errol dressed as a waiter and holding a vase on a tray. The main outline drawing of Errol, his jacket, trousers and Frueh's signature have been printed in black. Errol's face has been printed in pale pink. |
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| Credit line | Given by Alfred J Frueh |
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| Summary | Al Frueh (1880-1968) was an American cartoonist and caricaturist for The New Yorker magazine from 1925 to 1962. This print forms part of a portfolio of caricatures, Stage Folk: A Book of Caricatures by Frueh, published by Lieber & Lewis in 1922. It was exhibited at the Theatre Museum in Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, in 1990. This print shows Leon Errol (1881-1951) who began his career in Music Hall and Vaudeville in Australia. His first appearance in New York was in Ziegfeld Follies of 1910, June 1910, and in London in the revue Joy Bells at the Hippodrome in 1919. This print shows Errol in the revue Hitchy-Koo by MacDonough and Hubbell at the Globe Theatre in New York, 1918. |
| Bibliographic reference | Theatre Caricatures by Al Frueh: West End Meets Broadway, introduction by Mike and Nancy Frueh. London: Theatre Museum, 1990. 16p. |
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| Accession number | S.461-1990 |
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| Record created | March 28, 2013 |
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