Portraits of Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews
Print
1836 (printed)
1836 (printed)
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Thomas Haynes Bayly's farce One Hour, or The Carnival Ball was first produced at Madame Vestris's Olympic Theatre on the 11th January 1836, and it was the first production in which Charles Mathews (1803-1878) performed with Vestris, having joined her company at the Olympic Theatre the previous December. A review in The Literary Gazette, 16 January 1836 praised Mathews' acting, singing and dancing, and noted that he was a worthy inheritor of his 'high name' - a reference to his father, the actor and playwright Charles Mathews (1776-1835). The young Queen Victoria went to see the production in February, which marked the start of the successful partnership of Vestris and Mathews on stage, and their off-stage relationship which was legitimised by their marriage in Kensington on 18th July 1838.
Object details
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| Title | Portraits of Madame Vestris and Mr. Charles Mathews (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, printed ink on paper. |
| Brief description | A scene in the farce One Hour: or the Carnival Ball by Thomas Haynes Bayly, Olympic Theatre 11 January 1836 with Madame Vestris (1797–1856) and Mr. Charles James Mathews (1803-1878). Engraving published by John Browne Bell, 1 May 1836. Harry Beard Collection. |
| Physical description | Engraved portrait of a scene in Bayly's farce One Hour: or the Carnival Ball, with Madame Vestris (1797–1856) and Mr. Charles Mathews (1803-1878) dancing the Tarentella on stage. |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
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| Literary reference | One Hour, or the Carnival Ball |
| Summary | Thomas Haynes Bayly's farce One Hour, or The Carnival Ball was first produced at Madame Vestris's Olympic Theatre on the 11th January 1836, and it was the first production in which Charles Mathews (1803-1878) performed with Vestris, having joined her company at the Olympic Theatre the previous December. A review in The Literary Gazette, 16 January 1836 praised Mathews' acting, singing and dancing, and noted that he was a worthy inheritor of his 'high name' - a reference to his father, the actor and playwright Charles Mathews (1776-1835). The young Queen Victoria went to see the production in February, which marked the start of the successful partnership of Vestris and Mathews on stage, and their off-stage relationship which was legitimised by their marriage in Kensington on 18th July 1838. |
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| Accession number | S.2802-2013 |
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| Record created | June 27, 2013 |
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