RA Collection: People and Organisations
Playwright, advocate of historically accurate costume in theatre production; herald. Active in London. Father of children’s writer, Mrs. Matilda Anne Mackarness (1825-81).
Born: 1796
Died: 1880
James Robinson Planché
History Of British Costume, From The Earliest Period To The Close Of The Eighteenth Century. By J.R. Planché, Esq., F.S.A. - With Numerous Illustrations. - New Edition. Corrected And Enlarged. - London:: 1847.
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James Robinson Planché
A cyclopædia of costume or Dictionary of dress, including notices of contemporaneous fashions on the Continent; and a general chronological history of the costumes of the principal countries of Europe, from the commencement of the Christian era to the accession of George the Third. By James Robinson Planché, Esq., Somerset Herald. In two volumes. Vol. I. - The Dictionary. [Vol. II. - A general history of costume in Europe.] - London: 1876-1879
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Christie's (London)
Catalogue Of The Celebrated Collection Of Works Of Art, From The Byzantine Period to that of Louis Seize, Of That Distinguished Collector, Ralph Bernal, Esq., Deceased; Also, Of The Beautiful Decorative Furniture And Service Of Plate: Which (By Order Of The Executors) Will be Sold by Auction, by Messrs. Christie & Manson, At The Mansion, No. 93, Eaton Square, Commencing On Monday, March the 5th, 1855, At One O'Clock Precisely. - The Collection may be publicly viewed on Thursday, March 1st, and two following Days, from 10 to 4 o'clock, with Catalogues only, price Eight Shillings, to admit Three Persons. - [London:: 1855.]
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Peter Cunningham
Inigo Jones. A life of the architect; by P. Cunningham, Esq. Remarks on some of his sketches for masques and dramas; by J. R. Planché, Esq. and Five court masques; edited from the original MSS. of Ben Jonson, John Marston, etc. by J. Payne Collier, Esq. Accompanied by facsimiles of drawings by Inigo Jones; and by a portrait from a painting by Vandyck. - London: 1848.
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