Not currently on display at the V&A

Poster

1993 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Pictorial and typographic. Woman in Edwardian evening dress sitting on a chaise longue, from a painting by James Tissot.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Offset lithograph
Brief description
Poster advertising The Importance of Being Earnest, Aldwych Theatre, 1993
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic. Woman in Edwardian evening dress sitting on a chaise longue, from a painting by James Tissot.
Dimensions
  • Poster height: 51cm
  • Poster width: 31.8cm
Marks and inscriptions
Transliteration
Object history
Associated Production: The Importance of Being Earnest. Playwright: Oscar Wilde. Actors: Maggie Smith, Alex Jennings, Margaret Tyzack. Director: Nicholas Hytner. Designer: Bob Crowley. Lighting designer: Paul Pryant. Aldwych Theatre, London. 9.3.1993. Performance category: drama.
Production
The poster features a reproduction of a painting by James Tissot in the National Gallery of a woman in Edwardian evening dress sitting on a chaise longue.
Collection
Accession number
S.330-1994

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Record createdJuly 23, 2010
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