Tinsel prints and glass pictures
pair of actresses
On the left is Miss Frances Anne Kemble as Euphrasia in The Grecian Daughter performed at Drury Lane Theatre 1830.
Miss Kemble, known as Fanny, was the daughter of actors and her life was extremely interesting. http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/kemble.htm
Tinsel prints or tinsel pictures were known as gravure découpe in eighteenth-century France and were popularized in nineteenth-century Britain as "dressed" engravings. British tinsel pictures, which typically featured popular theatrical figures, were embellished with embossed paper, bits of silk and satin, and metallic or copper foil from tea or cigar packages.
You can read more about this in an article - SPARKLE PLENTY - in Antiques Magazine Aug. 2012.
On the right is Miss Maria Foote as Mary Copp in CHARLES II, the Merrie Monarch at Covent Garden. More neat info at:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/The_Merry_Monarch_Charles_the_Second_or.aspx
These two prints are special, as they are 3D and decorated with beads, tinfoil, lace and velvet.
The background scenery is illuminating, expanding the drama. 10x12 framed. $525 each.
Miss Kemble, known as Fanny, was the daughter of actors and her life was extremely interesting. http://www.historyhome.co.uk/people/kemble.htm
Tinsel prints or tinsel pictures were known as gravure découpe in eighteenth-century France and were popularized in nineteenth-century Britain as "dressed" engravings. British tinsel pictures, which typically featured popular theatrical figures, were embellished with embossed paper, bits of silk and satin, and metallic or copper foil from tea or cigar packages.
You can read more about this in an article - SPARKLE PLENTY - in Antiques Magazine Aug. 2012.
On the right is Miss Maria Foote as Mary Copp in CHARLES II, the Merrie Monarch at Covent Garden. More neat info at:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/The_Merry_Monarch_Charles_the_Second_or.aspx
These two prints are special, as they are 3D and decorated with beads, tinfoil, lace and velvet.
The background scenery is illuminating, expanding the drama. 10x12 framed. $525 each.
Flight of bonaparte
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Very colorful reverse glass picture of The Flight of Bonaparte, 1813, published by Hinton. 10" x 14". Shows Napoleon after being defeated by the Allied Forces in Leipzig and losing 180 cannon and 120,000 men SOLD. |
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death of nelson
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Admiral Lord Nelson, hero of the Nile, crowned with laurel leaves and falling into the arms of Victory in the ever-memorable engagement with the combined fleets of France and Spain off Trafalger, on October 21,1805. Pub.Jan 20 1806 by W.B. Walker, Fox & Knot Co, Snow Hill, London. Smoke enshrouded ships battling in the distance. 12 x 16 inches overall. $745. |
two corners of the globe
The woman representing Europa has a cornucopia, a globe and a bible with a ship in the distance; the Asia figure has a parasol and an elephant in the background. Measures 10-1/4 inches high x 14-1/4 inches wide, frame measures 12 x 16 inches overall.
The companion picture would show figures of America and Africa.
Dated August 20, 1807 and published by
W.B. Walker, Cow Lane, London
$775 plus post.