Box 5 [1M-O-3E]
Container
Contains 26 Results:
Pollock's Side Wings to Suit Any Play (No. 33), undated
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 8
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
undated
Redington's Rough Waters to Suit Any Play (copy 1), undated
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 9
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
undated
Redington's Rough Waters to Suit Any Play (copy 2), undated
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 10
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
undated
Skelt's late Lloyd's Sky Scene to Suit All Pieces, undated
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 11
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
undated
Skelt's New Sky Scene (copy 1), 1913-02-24
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 12
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
1913-02-24
Skelt's New Sky Scene (copy 2), 1913-02-24
Item — Box: 5 [1M-O-3E], Folder: 13, Object: 13
Scope and Content
From the Collection:
The English Toy Theatre was a craft hobby for children in the 1800s, which presumably evolved from the popularity of theatrical portraits sold as souvenirs in London, near Theatre row. Each toy theatre play (sold for either “a penny plain or two pence coloured”) was comprised of several sheets of paper illustrating characters and settings from contemporary productions that children would then cut out, assemble and perform in model wooden theatres for their friends and family.It...
Dates:
1913-02-24