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Poster

1920 (made)
Artist/Maker
Derrick, Thomas C. (artist)
Place of origin
England (made)

Colour lithograph poster by Thomas Derrick, 1920. Advertisement for 'The Betrothal' by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 8 January 1921. Signed and dated 'Thomas Derrick. 1920.'


Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
Materials and techniques
Colour lithograph on paper
Paper
Printing Ink
Lithography
Brief description
Colour lithograph poster by Thomas Derrick, 1920. Advertisement for 'The Betrothal' by Maurice Maeterlinck, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 1921. Signed and dated by the artist.
Physical description
Colour lithograph poster by Thomas Derrick, 1920. Advertisement for 'The Betrothal' by Maurice Maeterlinck, translated by Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, produced at the Gaiety Theatre, London, 8 January 1921. Signed and dated 'Thomas Derrick. 1920.'
Dimensions
  • Height: 74cm
  • Width: 101.7cm
Taken from 'Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965' published by HMSO 1966
Marks and inscriptions
'Thomas Derrick. 1920.' (Signed and dated)
Credit line
Given anonymously
Historical context
The designs for the costumes and scenery of 'The Betrothal' were made by Charles Ricketts. The design for the costume of ‘The Drunken Ancestor’, a part taken by Michael Raven, is in the Department of Prints and Drawings, E.1022-1933. Another impression of the poster is E.2210-1921.
Production
The design for the costume of ‘The Drunken
Ancestor’, a part taken by Michael Raven, is in the Department of Prints
and Drawings, E.1022-1933.
Subjects depicted
Posters
Theatres
Plays
Marriage
Place depicted
London
Associated objects
Bibliographic references
  • Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1965 pub. HMSO 1966
  • 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
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.666-1965

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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