Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1919 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Depicts a scene from the play - the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox. April 1865.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising Abraham Lincoln at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith, London, 1919
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Depicts a scene from the play - the meeting between Generals Grant and Lee at Appomattox. April 1865.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 75.7cm
  • Poster width: 51cm
Marks and inscriptions
Stamped with Enthoven collection, V.A.M. stamp.
Object history
Associated Production: Abraham Lincoln. Playwright: John Drinkwater. Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith and Lyceum Theatre, Strand, London. 19.2.1919. Performance category: drama. This poster was probably intended for the original production at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith on 19 February 1919, but C. Millard in 'The Printed Work of Claud Lovat Fraser' implies that it was first used for the revival produced at the Lyceum Theatre, 6 July 1921.
Associated object
Collection
Accession number
E.35-1951

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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