Allan Stewart
Drawing
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Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
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- 9 days ago
- In this state since
- Sep 25, 2026
- Source
- The museum's own collection data
About the work
Painted illustration created for publication in an illustrated newspaper or magazine, probably The Illustrated London News. It shows the italian singer Signor Francesco Tamagno (1850-1905) in the title role, with Signor Antonio Scotti (1866-1936) as Iago, in a production of Verdi's opera, Otello, at Covent Garden in 1901. The image has been signed by the artist, Allan Stewart (1865-1951), in the bottom right hand corner.
Otello is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) to an Italian libretto by Arrigo Boito, based on William Shakespeare's (1564-1616) play Othello. It was Verdi's penultimate opera, and was first performed at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, on February the 5th 1887 with the tenor Francesco Tomagno (1850-1905) in the role of Otello.
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Allan Stewart (1865–1951) was a Scottish painter who built his reputation on romantic, historical and particularly military paintings as well as landscapes and portraits. Stewart served on the staff of the Illustrated London News for a number of years and in this capacity, went to South Africa as a 'special' artist during the Boer War.
This item is one of several theatrical drawings from a collection of sketches commissioned from contemporary artists to be printed in illustrated magazines. The collection was donated to the museum by Sir William James Ingram in 1914.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Particulars
- Accession number
- S.385-2011
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In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum: the museum's own open data · fetched 9 days ago
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
