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Poster

ca.1927, 1927 (printed)
Artist/Maker
John Waddington Ltd. (printer)
Buchel, Charles (artist)
Place of origin
Great Britain (made)

Pictorial and typographic poster printed in black and pink featuring a drawing by Charles Buchel of John Martin Harvey in the title role of Scaramouche. The image is a three-quarter length view of him, wearing a black cape and hat, with a white Elizabethan-style ruff around his neck, holding a pink, long-nosed 'commedia dell'arte' style mask in his right hand. The image is signed in the stone 'Charles Buchel', and below this are the words: 'MARTIN HARVEY IN SCARAMOUCHE by RAFAEL SABATINI'


Object details

Categories
Entertainment & Leisure
Theatre
Posters
Advertising
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
printed paper
Ink
Paper
Lithography
Brief description
Typographical and pictorial poster advertising John Martin Harvey in the play Scaramouche by Rafael Sabatini, Garrick Theatre 1927.
Physical description
Pictorial and typographic poster printed in black and pink featuring a drawing by Charles Buchel of John Martin Harvey in the title role of Scaramouche. The image is a three-quarter length view of him, wearing a black cape and hat, with a white Elizabethan-style ruff around his neck, holding a pink, long-nosed 'commedia dell'arte' style mask in his right hand. The image is signed in the stone 'Charles Buchel', and below this are the words: 'MARTIN HARVEY IN SCARAMOUCHE by RAFAEL SABATINI'
Dimensions
  • Height: 75cm
  • Width: 50cm
Production typeMass produced
Object history
Poster produced to advertise the production of Scaramouche, a play by Rafael Sabatini, which was produced at the Garrick Theatre, 1927, starring John Martin Harvey in the title role. This poster is not printed with a theatre name so was probably used for a tour of the production.
Collection
Theatre and Performance Collection
Accession number
S.754-2000

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Record createdJanuary 3, 2001
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O50996/poster-buchel-charles/
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