Cyrano de Bergerac

Physical description

'Charles B. Cochran Presents Robert Loraine as Cyrano de Bergerac'. Colour lithograph poster advertising a production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 15 May 1919.

Place of Origin

England, Great Britain (made)

Date

1919 (made)

Artist/maker

Dulac, Edmund, born 1882 - died 1953 (artist)
David Allen & Sons Ltd. (printer)

Materials and Techniques

Colour lithograph

Marks and inscriptions

Edmund Dulac / 19

Dimensions

Height: 50.8 cm, Width: 31.1 cm

Descriptive line

Colour lithograph poster for a production of 'Cyrano de Bergerac' at the Drury Lane Theatre. Designed by Edmund Dulac. Great Britain. 1919.

Bibliographic References (Citation, Note/Abstract, NAL no)

Summary Catalogue of British Posters to 1988 in the Victoria & Albert Museum in the Department of Design, Prints & Drawing. Emmett Publishing, 1990. 129 p. ISBN: 1 869934 12 1
The full text of the entry is as follows:

'DULAC, Edmund (1881-1953)
...
Charles B. Cochran Presents Robert Loraine as Cyrano de Bergerac. Poster advertising a production at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 15 May 1919. S/D 19 CL 50.8 x 31.1 cm
E.3435-1953 fiche 11/C2'
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1953 London: HMSO, 1963
The full text of the entry is as follows:

"DULAC, Edmund (1882-1953)

Poster advertising Cyrano de Bergerac, produced at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, 15 May 1919.
Signed and dated Edmund Dulac / 19.
Colour lithograph. E.3435-1953

Given by Mr. Allan Wade"

Techniques

Colour lithography

Subjects depicted

Man; Theatre; Hats; Sword; Loraine, Robert; De Bergerac, Cyrano

Categories

Prints; Advertising; Entertainment & Leisure; Posters

Collection code

PDP