A fun, jaunty, and iconic figure of theatrical interest depicting the music hall star T. D. Rice in blackface performing his popular song, Jump Jim Crow.
The character of Jim Crow wears pink patched trousers, a green patched jacket, a blue waistcoat, a yellow spotted neckerchief, and yellow patched hat. He is depicted ‘mid-dance’. The inspiration for the figure is a well-known illustration on a music front describing a pianoforte arrangement of the song from the Surrey Theatre in 1833.
This figure may have been made by the Dudson Factory.
The figure is brilliantly and boldly coloured. It is in fairly good condition. There are some small nibbles around the lower edge of the base. There is some evidence of professional over-painting, including the back heel of the left foot and around the right arm, but this has been very sympathetically and adeptly done. The thumb of the right hand (held to the face) is missing but this is not especially noticeable.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 307, fig. 1123
Height: 5.75”
Date: c. 1835
A fun, jaunty, and iconic figure of theatrical interest depicting the music hall star T. D. Rice in blackface performing his popular song, Jump Jim Crow.
The character of Jim Crow wears pink patched trousers, a green patched jacket, a blue waistcoat, a yellow spotted neckerchief, and yellow patched hat. He is depicted ‘mid-dance’. The inspiration for the figure is a well-known illustration on a music front describing a pianoforte arrangement of the song from the Surrey Theatre in 1833.
This figure may have been made by the Dudson Factory.
The figure is brilliantly and boldly coloured. It is in fairly good condition. There are some small nibbles around the lower edge of the base. There is some evidence of professional over-painting, including the back heel of the left foot and around the right arm, but this has been very sympathetically and adeptly done. The thumb of the right hand (held to the face) is missing but this is not especially noticeable.
Reference: A. & N. Harding, Victorian Staffordshire Figures 1835 - 1875: Book One, p. 307, fig. 1123
Height: 5.75”
Date: c. 1835
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