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It shared its address and many of its illustrators and engravers with <i>The Illustrated London News.  </i>At a time before photograhy was possible within theatres, its  illustrations made by artists sent to sketch the latest productions for the magazine provide an invaluable record of a host of  late 19th century theatre productions.\n\nThe image shows the actress manager Kate Santley, the German-born actress Evangeline Estelle Gazina (1837-1923) whose parents emigrated from Germany to Charleston, South Carolina, where she was educated. She came to England in 1861 at the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 as a practising musician, but soon afterwards went on the stage as Eva Stella, and later Kate Santley. 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He moved with his father to London in 1829.  In 1834 Joseph was apprenticed to the wood-engraver Nathanial Whittock 'to learn the art and craft of wood-cutting'.  He then applied to Thomas Williams for instruction.  Joseph Swain set up business as John (sic) Swain, a wood-engraver at 18 Elder Street, Norton Folgate (POD, 1855).  He then joined with Thomas Armstrong as Swain and Armstrong, 58 Fleet Street ( POD, 1855).  He took over the premises 6 Bouverie Street, Fleet Street, EC (POD, 1858-1900) which he retained for the next forty years, sharing the business with his son, Joseph Blomeley Swain from the 1880s. \r\n\r\nSwain was soon made head of the engraving department of 'Punch'.  He engraved for 'Punch' until 1900; his most notable work was after John Tenniel.  Swain became one of the most prolific wood engravers of the Victorian period.   Most of his work was signed 'Swain sc' which indicated the work of his assistants as well as the master.  Swain's practice, like that of most important engravers of the day, to search out new draughtsman talent and to commission drawings on wood, which his assistants would engrave for publishers to purchase.\r\n\r\nSwain was one of the few wood engravers, apart from the Dalziels and WJ Linton to have work accepted for exhibition at the Royal Academy.  There from 1863-69, he hung ten engravings.  \r\n\r\nTowards the end of his life Swain realised the threat of photo-engraving to the wood engravers's professsion.  In fact he learnt to appreciate its merits, and took over the photo-engraving firm Leitch and Company, which was the first photo-engraving firm in England."}],"artistMakerOrganisations":[],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[{"text":"printing ink","id":"AAT187371"},{"text":"drawing board","id":"x33403"},{"text":"pen and ink","id":"x30618"},{"text":"glue or paste","id":"x37641"}],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Printing ink reproducing wood engraving","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Prints","id":"THES48903"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2015HJ5397"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"001","id":"THES356615"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"prints","id":"AAT41273"}],[{"text":"portraits","id":"AAT15637"}],[{"text":"chromolithographs","id":"AAT41384"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[{"place":{"text":"London","id":"x28980"},"association":{"text":"printed","id":"x46159"},"note":""}],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1883","earliest":"1883-01-01","latest":"1883-12-31"},"association":{"text":"made","id":"x28654"},"note":""}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.758-2014","id":"O1302991"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"S.759-2014","id":"O1303001"},"association":""},{"object":{"text":"S.898-2011","id":"O1241215"},"association":""}],"creditLine":"Gabrielle Enthoven Collection","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"24.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"36.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"26.7","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"Total including mount","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":" ","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":""},{"content":"'Kate Santley'","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Printed below portrait. 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