Print depicting Mr Emery as Tyke in Morton's School of Reform
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
1850
From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum
Dominant colour
Print depicting Mr Emery as Tyke in Morton's School of Reform is a 1850 by Unknown, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.
This print shows a man dressed in old-fashioned clothes, looking serious. He's Mr Emery as Tyke in a play. The play is 'The School of Reform' by Thomas Morton. This print is based on a painting by Samuel de Wilde. It's interesting because it's a copy of a work by another artist. The original painting is at the Theatre Royal in Bath. To learn more about similar prints, look at the technique of chiaroscuro.
A print from the mid to late nineteenth century depicts John Emery in the role of Robert Tyke from Thomas Morton's *School of Reform*, mounted on cream paper with the handwritten caption "Mr. Searle." The image presents a three-quarter-length figure of a man wearing a striped waistcoat, spotted neckcloth, and plain coat, holding a hat in his left hand. The engraving is unsigned and undated, based on a painting by Samuel de Wilde originally displayed at the Theatre Royal, Bath.
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