'Mr T.P Cook as William No.61'
A. Park
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1829
Materials
Paper, Textile, Tinsel, Wood, Glass
Measurements
311 x 261 mm
Order this imageCollection
Snowshill Manor and Garden, Gloucestershire
NT 1329791
Summary
Engraving coloured by hand with fabric and tinsel additions on paper mounted on card.Figure with textile trousers of a sailor, entitled 'Mr T.P Cook as William No.61' with raised gilded buttons and medal, metal decoration on sword, waving a hat of gold thread. A variety of ships in the background. Gold painted fame, flaking, woodworm, stiffened hessian backing. One of a pair with 1329803/SNO.D.539. Thomas Potter Cooke (1786-1864) - the print depicts T P Cooke as William in Douglas Jerrold's nautical melodrama 'Black Eyed Susan', which ran for over 400 performances at the Surrey Theatre, London, in 1829, published by A. Park (ref. V&A collection) In notebook no.5, page 9 (1340945.5) Charles Wade refers to: 'Top Royal no.78. Pair of Tinfoil Pictures "Miss Scott as Blackeyed Susan" "Mr. T.P. Cooke as William" 10" x 12"'
Provenance
Given to the National Trust with Snowshill Manor in 1951 by Charles Paget Wade.
Makers and roles
A. Park, engraver and publisher
References
Wade, 1944: Charles Paget Wade, Contents of Snowshill Manor. Volume 5 Second Floor, 1944, Page 9 Victoria and Albert Museum. Victoria & Albert Museum South Kensington S.W.7 [1963]., Museum number:S.363-2000