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David Henry Friston: Gaiety (Thespis)   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
David Henry Friston  (1820–1906)  wikidata:Q5234916
 
Alternative names
David Henry Friston, D. H. Friston. British illustrator and figure painter.
Description British painter and illustrator
Date of birth/death 1820 Edit this at Wikidata 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Work period fl. 1853 – 1889
Work location
London (1854: Regent's Park; 1863: Kensington)
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artist QS:P170,Q5234916
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The Illustrated London News
Title
Gaiety (Thespis)
Description
English: Detail from "The Pantomimes" by D.H. Friston in the January 6, 1872 Illustrated London News, showing Thespis by Gilbert and Sullivan. The original has two other pantomimes stacked above it. It has been slightly cleaned up to isolate Thespis from the illustration of Noah's Ark above.
The scene is from late in Act I, either just after the gods appear to Thespis (and before they chase the other Thespians off) in the dialogue before the finale, or at the return of the Thespians within the Act I finale. Given the lack of Diana, it's probably the former. Terence Rees, in Thespis: A Gilbert and Sullivan Enigma identifies the actors on page 99. From left to right: Apollo (Fred Sullivan), Mars (Frank Wood), Jupiter (John Maclean), Thespis (J. L. Toole), Stupidas [background, in pointy hat] (Fred Payne), Preposteros [arms crossed] (Harry Payne), and Mercury (Nelly Farren).
Whole page in the ILN - Gaiety
Date 6 January 1872
date QS:P571,+1872-01-06T00:00:00Z/11
Source/Photographer The Illustrated London News
This is a retouched picture, which means that it has been digitally altered from its original version. Modifications: Removed a couple minor but highly visible printing errors: two white blobs, and a white line. For unretouched version, see revision of 15 June..

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current21:12, 13 January 2008Thumbnail for version as of 21:12, 13 January 20083,414 × 1,650 (1.39 MB)Mahahahaneapneappngcrushed
07:14, 25 August 2007Thumbnail for version as of 07:14, 25 August 20073,414 × 1,650 (1.58 MB)Adam CuerdenMildly retouched to remove the white blobs and the white line in the gap between the two plates.
17:45, 15 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 17:45, 15 June 20073,414 × 1,650 (1.58 MB)Adam Cuerden
23:31, 10 June 2007Thumbnail for version as of 23:31, 10 June 20073,414 × 1,650 (1.58 MB)Adam CuerdenDetail from "The Pantomimes" from the January 6, 1872 Illustrated London News (Two other pantomimes are above it in the original) by D.H. Friston showing ''Thespis'' by Gilbert and Sullivan. Slightly cleaned up to remove the remaining bits of the pantomim

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