Lot 138

A RARE COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY TOY THEATRE SHEETS

19TH CENTURY

Illustrated & Animated

Auction: 28 February 2018 from 11:00 GMT

£938

Description

coloured prints, comprising various UK and continental publishers including Pellerin d'Epinal; Robrahn & Co; Gustav Kuhn; Oehnige and Riemschneider; C. Burckardt; Calla Joaquim Costa; J.F. Schreiber; Alfred Jacobson; Vilhelm Priors; Vaclav Chemelcek; Michael Everett; Aubrey Hammond; Joseph Hope; Mike Bartley and others (qty)

Footnote

Note: Known in the 19th century as Juvenile Drama, toy theatres were originally made as mass-produced replicas of popular plays in live theatre. Across Europe they were popular home entertainment for children and adults, sold as kits that included stage, scenery, characters and costumes. They were printed on paperboard, and, in Britain, available "a penny plain" or "two pence coloured". This collection comprises 19th century British and Continental toy theatre sheets, which were an essential part of these kits.

Sold as seen, not subject to return