Playbill — Covent Garden Theatre playbill, London, 1830
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
1830
Playbill in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London (museum number S.117-1997), made in London, dated 1830, attributed to Reynolds, W.. The museum's brief description reads: Playbill advertising Cinderella, or the Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper [and] Teddy the Tiler [and] Omnibus, or, a Convenient Distance at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1830.
Museum description: Playbill advertising Cinderella, or the Fairy and the Little Glass Slipper [and] Teddy the Tiler [and] Omnibus, or, a Convenient Distance at the Covent Garden Theatre, London, 1830 The museum records it as Letterpress, measuring Height 33.8 cm; Width 16.4 cm. These details come from the museum's own record; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.
Evidence at a glance
- Linked sources
- 1
- Photograph views
- 1
- Catalogue references
- 0
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- printing ink, paper
- Dimensions
- Height 33.8 cm; Width 16.4 cm
Technical characteristics
- Technique
- Letterpress
- Maker recorded
- Reynolds, W.
- Place recorded
- London
Identification
- Museum object name
- Playbill
- Museum object number
- S.117-1997
- Museum system number
- O1138556
Catalogue references
No catalogue numbers recorded. Numbers are only published once transcribed from a verified edition of a standard catalogue — they are never inferred.
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