Mrs. H. Vining as Black Eyed Susan
Print
ca.1840 (printed)
ca.1840 (printed)
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Full length, hand-coloured tinsel print portrait of the actress, Mrs. Henry Vining, as Black Eyed Susan, ca.1840. Harry Beard Collection.
The portrait has been cut out from a paper sheet and stuck onto cardboard handcoloured with background scenery. It is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments, and silk has been used to create the clothing.
Tinsel prints were created from etched portraits of theatrical stars in popular roles they played on the London stage. Such portraits would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home. They were hand-painted in watercolour and decorated with scraps of material and tinsel additions. They were popular during the first half of the 19th century and were considered an adult, rather than a child's hobby. By the 1830s it was possible to buy the tinsel, leather and feather ornaments to go with each image.
The portrait has been cut out from a paper sheet and stuck onto cardboard handcoloured with background scenery. It is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments, and silk has been used to create the clothing.
Tinsel prints were created from etched portraits of theatrical stars in popular roles they played on the London stage. Such portraits would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home. They were hand-painted in watercolour and decorated with scraps of material and tinsel additions. They were popular during the first half of the 19th century and were considered an adult, rather than a child's hobby. By the 1830s it was possible to buy the tinsel, leather and feather ornaments to go with each image.
Object details
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| Title | Mrs. H. Vining as Black Eyed Susan (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, printed ink on paper. |
| Brief description | Full length, hand-coloured tinsel print portrait of the actress, Mrs. Henry Vining, as Black Eyed Susan, ca.1840. Harry Beard Collection |
| Physical description | Full length, hand-coloured tinsel print portrait of the actress, Mrs. Henry Vining, as Black Eyed Susan. |
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| Credit line | Harry R. Beard Collection, given by Isobel Beard |
| Subject depicted | |
| Literary reference | Black eyed Susan |
| Summary | Full length, hand-coloured tinsel print portrait of the actress, Mrs. Henry Vining, as Black Eyed Susan, ca.1840. Harry Beard Collection. The portrait has been cut out from a paper sheet and stuck onto cardboard handcoloured with background scenery. It is embellished with metal foil tinsel ornaments, and silk has been used to create the clothing. Tinsel prints were created from etched portraits of theatrical stars in popular roles they played on the London stage. Such portraits would have been sold plain as theatrical souvenirs for colouring and tinselling at home. They were hand-painted in watercolour and decorated with scraps of material and tinsel additions. They were popular during the first half of the 19th century and were considered an adult, rather than a child's hobby. By the 1830s it was possible to buy the tinsel, leather and feather ornaments to go with each image. |
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| Accession number | S.2815-2013 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2013 |
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