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By the 1820s they had become more elaborate and sometimes embossed, and within a decade both the printing and embossing processes were automated. They were colour printed by chromolithography, and coated with a gelatine and gum layer to give them 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\nScraps became extremely popular in Victorian England to be cut out by adults or children and stuck into albums, on to screens, or used for decorating greetings cards. This scrap is one of a series depicting Shakespearean characters played by popular actors. The Italian actor Tommaso Salvini was a famous Othello, while the American actress Charlotte Cushman played Desdemona to several Othellos, including that of Edwin Forrest at the Princess's Theatre in 1845 and Macready in 1847.","physicalDescription":"Multicoloured paper scrap with printed lines of text, depicting Signor Salvini as Othello dressed in a floor-length while robe with a pink sash and Charlotte Cushman as Desdemona dressed in an ermine-trimmed red dress with damask printed underskirt. Chromolithograph printed by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co., ca.1890, with the monogram of Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co., and the number 432. Printed with the title: CHARACTERS FROM SHAKESPEARE SHEET 12 and OTHELLO Act III Scene 3","artistMakerPerson":[{"name":{"text":"unknown","id":"A1848"},"association":{"text":"artist","id":"AAT25103"},"note":""}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co.","id":"A21308"},"association":{"text":"printer","id":"x30811"},"note":""}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"paper","id":"x30308"},{"text":"ink","id":"AAT15012"}],"techniques":[{"text":"chromolithography","id":"AAT53272"}],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printed paper","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2010EJ7577"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"006","id":"THES356631"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"scrap","id":""}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"Great Britain","id":"x32019"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"ca. 1890","earliest":"1885-01-01","latest":"1894-12-31"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"AAT53319"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.1:3-2008","id":"O1110940"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"Given by the British Theatre Museum Association","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"5.1","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"irregular","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"3.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"irregular","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[],"objectHistory":"","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Shakespearean characters paper scrap depicting Tommaso Salvini (1829-1915) as Othello and Charlotte Cushman (1816-1878) as Desdemona, from <i>Othello</i> Act III, scene 3. Chromolithograph printed by Siegmund Hildesheimer & Co., ca.1890. 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