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Hilda Trevelyan

Print
1904 (printed)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

This print of a photograph of Hilda Trevelyan as Fi Fi in A Chinese Honeymoon by George Dance (1857-1932) with music by Howard Talbot, was issued as one of eight prints of photographs by Langfier Ltd., printed on fine art paper and presented in a colour souvenir folder designed by Ernest Dyer and printed by Messrs T. W. Haycock & Sons to mark the 1,000th performance of the musical comedy A Chinese Honeymoon at the Royal Strand Theatre, 18 March 1904. The other prints in the souvenir were of Lily Elsie as Princess Soo Soo, Percy Clifton as Hi Lung (Lord High Admiral), Arthur Williams as Mr. Pineapple, Picton Roxborough as the Emperor, Marie Dainton as Mrs. Pineapple, Farren Soutar as Tom Hatherton, and Percy Clifton as Hi-Lung.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleHilda Trevelyan (assigned by artist)
Materials and techniques
Printed ink on paper
Brief description
Print of a photograph showing the actress Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959) as Fi Fi in A Chinese Honeymoon, Royal Strand Theatre. Photograph by Langfier Ltd., issued as a souvenir of the 1,000th performance at the Royal Strand Theatre, 18th March 1904.
Physical description
Print of a photograph showing the actress Hilda Trevelyan (1877-1959). The print features a full length image of Trevelyan who is shown in three quarter profile. She is dressed in a white apron, worn over a blouse and Chinese style trousers and boots. She is holding the edges of the apron with her hands, and has a small white, lace cap on her hair.
Dimensions
  • Height: 30.2cm (approximately)
  • Width: 25.2cm (approximately)
Credit line
Given by the estate of Howard Talbot
Subject depicted
Summary
This print of a photograph of Hilda Trevelyan as Fi Fi in A Chinese Honeymoon by George Dance (1857-1932) with music by Howard Talbot, was issued as one of eight prints of photographs by Langfier Ltd., printed on fine art paper and presented in a colour souvenir folder designed by Ernest Dyer and printed by Messrs T. W. Haycock & Sons to mark the 1,000th performance of the musical comedy A Chinese Honeymoon at the Royal Strand Theatre, 18 March 1904. The other prints in the souvenir were of Lily Elsie as Princess Soo Soo, Percy Clifton as Hi Lung (Lord High Admiral), Arthur Williams as Mr. Pineapple, Picton Roxborough as the Emperor, Marie Dainton as Mrs. Pineapple, Farren Soutar as Tom Hatherton, and Percy Clifton as Hi-Lung.
Associated objects
Other number
Collection
Accession number
S.1270-2015

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Record createdJuly 27, 2015
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