Sir Henry Lytton as Ko-Ko in The Mikado
Drawing
ca.1930
ca.1930
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Henry Lytton (1865-1936) is depicted in this cartoon in one of his favourite roles, the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado. Lytton joined one of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's touring companies in 1884, and in 1886 was engaged to understudy George Grossmith as Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, the new opera by Gibert and Sullivan that opened in January 1887. He went on to become the leading comic-patter baritone performer in the company, appearing with it for almost 50 years, his last London appearance being as Ko-Ko at the Savoy Theatre in January 1933.
The Scottish cartoonist Arthur Ferrier (1890-1973), born in Glasgow, supplied some of his earliest cartoon to the Glasgow Evening News when he as still working as an analytical chemist. He began contributing to Punch in 1918, and in 1919 moved to London, where he drew cartoons for the Sunday Pictorial, now being edited by his former editor at the Glasgow Evening News. From 1923 he also provided theatre cartoons and caricatures for the News of the World, an association that lasted until 1959.
The Scottish cartoonist Arthur Ferrier (1890-1973), born in Glasgow, supplied some of his earliest cartoon to the Glasgow Evening News when he as still working as an analytical chemist. He began contributing to Punch in 1918, and in 1919 moved to London, where he drew cartoons for the Sunday Pictorial, now being edited by his former editor at the Glasgow Evening News. From 1923 he also provided theatre cartoons and caricatures for the News of the World, an association that lasted until 1959.
Object details
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| Title | Sir Henry Lytton as Ko-Ko in The Mikado (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Pen, ink and gouache |
| Brief description | Cartoon of Sir Henry Lytton (1865-1936) as Ko-Ko in the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's production of The Mikado by Gilbert and Sullivan. Pen, ink and gouache by Arthur Ferrier (1890-1973) published in The News of the World ca.1930 |
| Physical description | Pen, ink and gouache cartoon of Henry Lytton with an oversized head, wielding his excutioner's axe. |
| Credit line | Bequeathed by Peter Parker |
| Object history | This drawing was inherited by Peter Parker, who bequeathed it to the museum, from his father Stanley Parker who was employed by the Savoy Hotel as a junior clerk in May 1909, straight from school. From that job, on the death of Helen D'Oyly Carte in 1913, he was picked by Rupert D'Oyly Carte to understudy Mr George A Richardson who managed the theatre from November 1911 to February 1915. In 1913 Stanley Parker became Rupert D'Oyly Carte's private scretary, and later Bridget D'Oyly Carte's private secretary, also secretary of both the Savoy Theatre Ltd., and the Opera Company. |
| Summary | Henry Lytton (1865-1936) is depicted in this cartoon in one of his favourite roles, the Lord High Executioner Ko-Ko, in Gilbert and Sullivan's comic opera The Mikado. Lytton joined one of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's touring companies in 1884, and in 1886 was engaged to understudy George Grossmith as Robin Oakapple in Ruddigore, the new opera by Gibert and Sullivan that opened in January 1887. He went on to become the leading comic-patter baritone performer in the company, appearing with it for almost 50 years, his last London appearance being as Ko-Ko at the Savoy Theatre in January 1933. The Scottish cartoonist Arthur Ferrier (1890-1973), born in Glasgow, supplied some of his earliest cartoon to the Glasgow Evening News when he as still working as an analytical chemist. He began contributing to Punch in 1918, and in 1919 moved to London, where he drew cartoons for the Sunday Pictorial, now being edited by his former editor at the Glasgow Evening News. From 1923 he also provided theatre cartoons and caricatures for the News of the World, an association that lasted until 1959. |
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| Accession number | S.1050-2021 |
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