Ellen Peg's Book of Merry Joys.
Pamela Colman Smith (Pimlico 1878 - Bude 1951)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1899 - 1900
Materials
Paper
Measurements
300 x 870 mm
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Smallhythe Place, Kent
NT 1122457.21
Summary
Illustration (watercolour with ink and graphite under drawing). A folded triptych looking from left to right depicting the back view of Henry Loveday (stage manager) and Bram Stoker (page 1), Ellen Terry with Henry Irving playing the piano (page 2), Laurence Irving playing the lute with Pamela Coleman Smith and unknown woman kicking their heels up on the floor (page 3). Number 5 painted in the top right corner. Signed by Pamela Coleman Smith on right hand side. From book of illustrations and stories based on a trip to America that Ellen Terry, Henry Irving, Laurence Irving, Bram Stoker and Pamela Coleman Smith took from 1899 - 1900.
Provenance
One of 43 drawings, some with accompanying poems, from 2 folios created by Pamela Colman Smith. The drawings date from 1900 and were created during the Lyceum Tour of America which ran from October 1899 to May 1900.
Makers and roles
Pamela Colman Smith (Pimlico 1878 - Bude 1951), artist