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A 23 page ( 44 sides ) weekly issue of
The Sketch
A weekly Magazine Dated 1893 price sixpence
A wonderful insight into theatre, stage, royalty, society, sport, fashion and many other activities of the day "a journal of art and actuality".
This first part of the description features items which have Images i.e. prints from engravings etc (these often have descriptive articles but not always) They include :-
' Miss Dorothy Vane ' full page actress
' Mr J. M. Blackham Captain of the Australian Cricket Team ..'
' Mr C. W. Alcock - Famous Cricketer '
' The Political Coryphee - Portrait of the " G.O.M. " Now Performing Nightly at th Royal Empire Theatre Westminster - this Picture Was Painted From Sketches Taken From Life By Randy Pandy RH ' full page of a man in a ladies ballerina or ballet outfit! by Proctor
' Miss Decima Moore ' full page photograph
' Miss Decima Moor in "Dorothy"...' x3
' Miss Decima Moor in "The Wedding EVE" ..'
' Miss Decima Moore in "Man and Woman"..'
' Last Weeks Paris - Sketches by Villedebois - Villedubois or Villedibois ' Full page
' The Fraser Canon Above Yale ' Canyon
Supplement - The Royal Academy - Prints from engravings, some tinted
Sir Frederick Leighton PRA ' Full pageSleekburnC.
' Rizpah By Sir Frederick Leighton in The Royal Academy ' Full page
' Hit! By Sir Frederick Leighton in The Royal Academy ' Full page
' A Big Drink By J. T. Nettleship ' full page tiger
' Newby Bridge Windermere by Alfred East ' a full page print from engraving
' Lucrece by Reginald Arthur ' Full page tintedSleekburnC.
' The Golden Valley by Alfred East ' Full page tinted
A Chat with the President of the Royal Academy
' The Staircase and Hall 'SleekburnC.
' Sir Frederick Leightons Study for Rizpah '
' 'A Study by Sir Frederick Leighton '
' Bay Window in Sir Fredericks Studio '
The Worlds Fair at Chicago -
' The Administration Building '
' The Machinery Hall '
' The Art Palace '
' Sir Henry Trueman Wood '
' The Victoria Building - Offices of the British Sectio Miel of the Chicago Exhibition '
A Chat with Mr Walter Besant
' Mr Walter Besant in His Study '
' Mr Besants Library '
' Mr Besants House at Frognal ' - Frognal End 18 Frognal Gardens
' Mr Besants Drawing Room '
' A Few Articles from the Family Museum '
' The Light Side of Nature - Painting ' Full page sketch of a gaiety type girl by Dudley Hardy
' A Slight Fizzle ' a wonderful full page comical sketch by Rene Bull
' Ma Fille ' full page comical sketch by Phil May
' On Eavesdropping ' Full page comical sketch by G.J.
' We're an Obliging Lot at Our Studio ' full page comical sketch
' Sunday Afternoon in Holland - Courtship ' full page by Dudley Hardy - a dutch costume
' Bjornstjerne Bjornson ' - Bjørnstjerne Martinus Bjørnson was a Norwegian writer and later Nobel Prize winner
' Madame Sarah Grant ' - A Writer - born Frances Bellenden Clarke in Ireland
' Carters Liver Pills ' advert SleekburnC.
Players Navy Cut Cigarettes - A Facsimile of Tin Containing Twenty Four cigarettes ..' advert
' Ox Wagons in Boerland ' South Africa
Fashions - ' A Smart Gown and Hat ' - - - ' The "Oval" Boating Costume '
' The Fashionable Minuet '
' Roseleaf and the Prince '
This second part of the description features items of news articles etc but have no images associated with the subject matter unless listed above. They include :-
With The Australian Cricketers
Notes From the Theatres
Our Own Country
The World of Sport - A Chat with C. W. Alcock
Parliament by a Cautious Conservative
parliament by a Rash Radical
Small Talk
Racing Notes By Captaimn Coe
Last Weeks Paris by Mimosa
Hors D'Oeuvres by MArmiton
A Novel In a Nutshell by Archie Armstrong - The Fall of the Favourite, A Story of the Two Thousand Guineas
Concerning Cliveden or Cliefden
A chat with Mr Walter Besant
Norways Home Rule Struggle - Bjornstjerne Bjornson
The Literary Lounger
The Book and Its Story - " The Heavenly Twins " by Madame Sarah Grant - a review column by LFA
Letters from Colonial Cousins - An English Medicine Woman in Boerland II by ACEB
Badminton Echoes by Bugle
Notes From the Exchange - All is not Gold that Glitters - letter from S. Simon Esq of Lamb Shearer and Co of Capel Court
Our Ladies Pages by Florence - Florence Fenwick Miller was a Victorian Feminist - Journalist and Educator
It measures 360 x 250 mm (14.5 x 10 inches) approx. The spine and some pages are loose where once bound otherwise it is in good condition, there may be small defects and handling marks, anything thought significant will be mentioned in the main body of the description.
PLEASE NOTE :- I cannot guarantee that the issue is complete 'as published' - but what I have described above IS present - if you are looking for something in particular PLEASE ASK
This item will be packaged in a tube unless otherwise requested.
PLEASE ALSO NOTE That the banners, or mastheads vary, and the scan shown is only a representative sample.