Poster
1994
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Poster with orange border and maroon lettering, featuring a central maroon and white reproduction of an 18th century painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London, of a young woman wearing a decolleté dress with a rose at her bosom. Above the image there is the word Manon within a white cartouche. The image is surrounded by a shell and foliate maroon pattern, printed on the orange border.
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| Brief description | Poster advertising the Sadler's Wells Opera Company's production of Manon at the London Coliseum Theatre, 24 January 1974 |
| Physical description | Poster with orange border and maroon lettering, featuring a central maroon and white reproduction of an 18th century painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London, of a young woman wearing a decolleté dress with a rose at her bosom. Above the image there is the word Manon within a white cartouche. The image is surrounded by a shell and foliate maroon pattern, printed on the orange border. |
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| Production type | Mass produced |
| Object history | Poster produced to advertise the Sadler's Wells Opera's production of Manon by Jules Massenet at the London Coliseum, 24 January 1974, designed by Alix Stone. The poster is part of a large collection of costume and set designs by Alix Stone purchased directly from the artist by the Theatre Museum in 1994. |
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| Accession number | S.211-2001 |
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| Record created | June 22, 2001 |
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