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He had the idea in about 1914 to produce them from artwork representing the  dancers in costume, hoping they would: 'supply the demand for something between a  photograph and a statuette'. A 1928 catalogue of Beaumont's publications notes: 'The  figures, which are of wood, average 8¾ inches high, and are hand-coloured with special  care to ensure accuracy of costume. The black stands on which the figures are mounted are easily removable to afford facility in packing. The figures are priced at 7s.6d. net.' \r\n\r\nThis figure of Henry Lytton is one of several representing singers in roles they played with D'Oyly Carte Opera Company productions in its 1921 to 1922 season at  London's  Princes Theatre. They were reproduced from photographs and would have been issued in  1922 by the Artograph Technical and Photographic Company, located at 16, Grape Street,  New Oxford Street, behind the Princes Theatre.\n\nHenry Lytton joined one of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company's touring companies in 1884, and in 1886 was engaged to  understudy George Grossmith as Robin Oakapple in <i>Ruddigore</i>, the new opera by Gibert and  Sullivan that opened in January 1887. He went on to become the leading comic-patter baritone performers in the company, appearing with it for almost 50 years, his last London appearance being as Ko-Ko in <i>The Mikado</i>, one of his favourite parts, at the Savoy Theatre in January 1933.\r\n","physicalDescription":"<b>S.1066:1-2021</b>\r\nPlywood cutout figure of Henry Lytton in<i> Patience</i>\r\n\r\n<b>S.1066:2-2021</b>\r\nWooden base for the figure ","artistMakerPerson":[],"artistMakerOrganisations":[{"name":{"text":"The Artograph Company","id":"AUTH372975"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x39720"},"note":"This cutout is stamped with the name: 'The Artograph Company, Technical and Commercial  Photography' but described in publicity in 1924 for a set of Gilbert & Sullivan postcards as:  'The Artograph Publishing Co.'"}],"artistMakerPeople":[],"materials":[],"techniques":[],"materialsAndTechniques":"Photographic paper on plywood","categories":[{"text":"Entertainment & Leisure","id":"THES48959"},{"text":"Musical Theatre","id":"THES278879"},{"text":"Souvenirs","id":"THES287379"}],"styles":[],"collectionCode":{"text":"T&P","id":"THES48602"},"images":["2021NB4571"],"imageResolution":"high","galleryLocations":[{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES355409"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""},{"current":{"text":"003","id":"THES355409"},"free":"","case":"","shelf":"","box":""}],"partTypes":[[{"text":"souvenirs","id":"AAT28886"}],[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"}],[{"text":"cutouts","id":"AAT257411"}],[{"text":"souvenirs","id":"AAT28886"}],[{"text":"figures","id":"AAT189808"}],[{"text":"cutouts","id":"AAT257411"}]],"contentWarnings":[{"apprise":"","note":""}],"placesOfOrigin":[],"productionDates":[{"date":{"text":"1922","earliest":"1922-01-01","latest":"1922-12-31"},"association":{"text":"manufactured","id":"x29350"},"note":"This figure is undated but can be dated by the singer and date of the production"}],"associatedObjects":[{"object":{"text":"S.1046-2021","id":"O1657544"},"association":"Object"},{"object":{"text":"S.1047-2021","id":"O1657545"},"association":"Object"},{"object":{"text":"S.1050-2021","id":"O1657585"},"association":"Object"},{"object":{"text":"S.1069:1-2021","id":"O1657605"},"association":"Object"}],"creditLine":"Bequeathed by Peter Parker","dimensions":[{"dimension":"Height","value":"19.0","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum height of figure","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"12.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum width of figure","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"0.4","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"maximum depth of figure","note":""},{"dimension":"Height","value":"3.2","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"height of base","note":""},{"dimension":"Width","value":"12.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"width of base","note":""},{"dimension":"Depth","value":"0.5","unit":"cm","qualifier":"","date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"part":"depth of base","note":""}],"dimensionsNote":"","marksAndInscriptions":[{"content":"THE ARTOGRAPH CO/Technical and commercial photographers/16, Grape Street/New Oxford St.,WC1","inscriber":{"name":{"text":"","id":""},"association":{"text":"","id":""}},"date":{"text":"","earliest":null,"latest":null},"description":"","interpretation":"","language":"","medium":"","method":"","position":"","script":"","translation":"","transliteration":"","type":"","note":"Stamped verso in black ink"}],"objectHistory":"This cutout figure, one of thirteen similar items, was inherited by Peter Parker, along with a  quantity of other objects related to the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, from his father Stanley H. Parker (d.1960). Stanley Parker was employed by the Savoy Hotel as a junior clerk in May 1909, straight from school. From that job, on the death of Helen D'Oyly Carte in 1913, he  was appointed by Rupert D'Oyly Carte to understudy George A. Richardson who managed   the theatre from November 1911 to February 1915. In 1913 Stanley H. Parker became Rupert and (later) Bridget D'Oyly Carte's private secretary, also secretary of both the Savoy Theatre Ltd., and the Opera Company. He worked for the company for 51 years, until his death in 1960.\r\n\r\nThis was subsequently part of Peter Parker's bequest to the V&amp;A. \r\n ","historicalContext":"","briefDescription":"Souvenir plywood cutout figure with wooden stand of Henry Lytton (1865-1936) as Reginald Bunthorne in <i>Patience</i> by Gilbert and Sullivan with the D'Oyly Carte Company during their season at the Princes Theatre London, 3rd October 1921 to 8th April 1922. 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