Lupino Lane
Drawing
1916 (drawn)
1916 (drawn)
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Full length pen and ink caricature portrait of the actor/manager Lupino Lane (born Henry William George Lupino, 1892-1952) drawn by Tom Titt (1885-1956) 2nd October 1916.
Lupino Lane was part of a theatrical family and achieved success on both stage and screen. He began his career as a child performer, known as 'Little Nipper', and went on to performs in a wide range of music halls and theatres. He is perhaps best known for playing Bill Snibson in the 1937 play and 1939 film Me and My Girl,which popularised 'The Lambeth Walk'.
Tom Titt was the pseudonym of Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski whose caricatures, signed with his distinctive signature, regularly appeared in illustrated periodicals.
Lupino Lane was part of a theatrical family and achieved success on both stage and screen. He began his career as a child performer, known as 'Little Nipper', and went on to performs in a wide range of music halls and theatres. He is perhaps best known for playing Bill Snibson in the 1937 play and 1939 film Me and My Girl,which popularised 'The Lambeth Walk'.
Tom Titt was the pseudonym of Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski whose caricatures, signed with his distinctive signature, regularly appeared in illustrated periodicals.
Object details
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| Title | Lupino Lane (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen and ink on paper |
| Brief description | Full length pen and ink caricature portrait of the actor/manager Lupino Lane (born Henry William George Lupino (1892-1952), drawn by Tom Titt (1885-1956) 2nd October 1916 |
| Physical description | Full length pen and ink caricature portrait of the actor/manager Lupino Lane. It shows Lane in a top hat and tail coat and is signed and dated by the artist in the bottom left hand corner, 'Tom Titt, 2 Oct.16.' |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by the executors of Leslie Henson in June 1959. |
| Subject depicted | |
| Summary | Full length pen and ink caricature portrait of the actor/manager Lupino Lane (born Henry William George Lupino, 1892-1952) drawn by Tom Titt (1885-1956) 2nd October 1916. Lupino Lane was part of a theatrical family and achieved success on both stage and screen. He began his career as a child performer, known as 'Little Nipper', and went on to performs in a wide range of music halls and theatres. He is perhaps best known for playing Bill Snibson in the 1937 play and 1939 film Me and My Girl,which popularised 'The Lambeth Walk'. Tom Titt was the pseudonym of Jan Junosza de Rosciszewski whose caricatures, signed with his distinctive signature, regularly appeared in illustrated periodicals. |
| Associated object | S.59-2005 (Object) |
| Other number | 1959/W/13 - BTMA accession number |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | S.78-2014 |
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| Record created | January 9, 2014 |
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