Description: John Redington (1819–1876), who described himself as a "Printer, Bookbinder and Stationer; Tobacconist; and Dealer in miscellaneous articles", opened a theatrical print warehouse at 73 Hoxton Street in 1851. Redington was an agent for the toy theatre publisher John Kilby Green, and when Green died in 1860 Redington bought up his engraved copper plates. Redington ran the Hoxton Street business until his death in 1876, following which his widow, youngest son William, and daughter Eliza carried on with the business; but soon only Eliza Redington was left to run the print business. Eliza Redington married Benjamin Pollock (1856–1937) in 1877, following which they ran the shop together. The couple went on to have eight children – four sons and four daughters. The business that Benjamin Pollock had inherited consisted of the toy theatre sheets of both J. K. Green and J. Redington. The material subsequently sold by Pollock was therefore predominantly from these previous publishers, with the imprint changed to 'B. Pollock',with him generally republishing older plays by using existing plates, simply changing the names of the actors. You could buy ‘a Penny Plain, or a Tuppence Coloured’. The cheaper versions were for a child or adult to paint and then cut out, pasted onto card or wood. The earlier tinsel sheets I have listed were created from etched portraits of theatrical stars in popular roles they played on the London stage. They were to be hand-painted with watercolour and decorated with scraps of material and tinsel addition. The majority that I am selling are in an unaltered state from the time of purchase, despite the primary reason for them to be bought was to be coloured by excited children and used in their toy theatres. Having said that, I understand that adults occupied themselves with this as a pastime too, and in their unused state this presents an inviting opportunity to indulge. Some of the coloured items I do have listed appear to have been done by a younger hand. All items are in condition shown. Please see photographs provided for best description, zoom is enabled. I post all paper items protected and in proper card backed envelopes. The larger scenes listed are oversize and will be sent flat as they have never been folded so far as I can tell, unfortunately this makes them a small parcel. I am more than happy to combine postage where I can, if you are in the UK please request an invoice before paying. Overseas buyers using GSP need to go via their processes for combined shipping but the UK side of postage can be combined.
Price: 28 GBP
Location: Canterbury
End Time: 2024-12-26T08:47:29.000Z
Shipping Cost: 24.19 GBP
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