Benefit of Mr. Cooke, Wednesday, 14th May, 1828
Print
1828 (printed)
1828 (printed)
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Playbill for the last night of Mr Cooke's Royal Circus, at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, on 14 May 1828. It includes a woodcut illustration of a strongman lifting ten people, with the caption 'Herculean Power'.
Object details
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| Title | Benefit of Mr. Cooke, Wednesday, 14th May, 1828 |
| Materials and techniques | letterpress and woodcut |
| Brief description | Letterpress and woodcut playbill for Cooke's Royal Circus, printed by Gye and Balne, London, 1828 |
| Physical description | Playbill for the last night of Mr Cooke's Royal Circus, at the Mermaid Tavern, Hackney, on 14 May 1828. It includes a woodcut illustration of a strongman lifting ten people, with the caption 'Herculean Power'. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | Gye and Balne, Printers, 38 Gracechurch Street |
| Credit line | Given by the Hon. Arthur Villiers |
| Object history | This object was part of the John Edmund Gardner collection of topographical prints and drawings of London. After Gardner's death the collection passed to his son Edmund Thomas, but was sold to Edward Coates MP in 1910. The collection was sold again in 1923 after Coates' death, and was split between various institutions and private collectors. The portion connected with Hoxton, Homerton, Hackney and Bethnal Green was bought by the Hon. Arthur Villiers and donated to the Bethnal Green Museum. |
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| Bibliographic reference | Taken from departmental handlist. |
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| Accession number | E.4777-1923 |
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| Record created | June 30, 2009 |
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