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Initially they were black and white engravings, but later were coloured by hand. By the 1820s they had become more elaborate and sometimes embossed, and within a decade both the printing and embossing processes were automated. The scraps were colour printed by chromolithography, then coated with a gelatine and gum layer to give a gloss finish. After being embossed they were die-cut and put through a stamping press to cut away the unwanted areas of paper, leaving the individual images connected by small strips, often bearing the name or initials of the maker.\r\n\r\nIn Victorian England scraps were popular with adults and children. They would be cut out and pasted into albums, or used to decorate greetings cards and to embellish screens and other household items. This scrap is one of a set of twelve produced by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Company depicting Shakespearean characters played by popular actors. They were sold in packs costing one shilling, titled <i>Characters from Shakespeare. A Series of Twelve Relief Scraps</i>. Henry Irving and Ellen Terry first played the sparring lovers Benedick and Beatrice at the Lyceum Theatre in October 1882.","physicalDescription":"Multicoloured paper scrap with printed lines of text, depicting Henry Irving as Benedick, wearing pink and gold striped doublet and hose, and Ellen Terry as Beatrice, wearing a lilac-blue patterned overdress with a turquoise blue underskirt and holding a peacock feather fan, from <i>Much Ado About Nothing</i> Act IV scene 1. Chromolithograph printed by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co., ca.1890, with the monogram of Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co. 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